Princess Yuriko became the sister-in-law of Japan's World War II-era Emperor Hirohito when she married his brother Prince ...

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has ...

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has ...

Japan has lodged a protest with a U.N. human rights watchdog that called for reviewing a domestic law that limits imperial succession to male heirs on the emperor's father side, the top government ...

TOKYO -- Oct. 25, 2024, marked 80 years since the first "kamikaze" suicide attack was carried out by the then Imperial Japanese Navy in the later phases of the Pacific War. In the special missions ...

Imperial family members are paying visits to ... Princess Yuriko’s granddaughter, Princess Akiko, returned to Japan from Britain on Saturday morning after having been informed of her condition ...

A vote is mandatory following a general election, and Ishiba is expected to be re-elected in a runoff against the top ...

Oita, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended the 43rd national marine convention, held in the southwestern city of Oita, the capital of the namesake prefecture ...

The photographer's desire was fueled by her many conversations with Teruhisa Kitahara about his love for what was previously a villa of the former Prince Takeda, who seceded from the imperial ...

Japan's Imperial Household Agency says 101-year-old Princess Mikasa, whose given name is Yuriko, is in deteriorating condition with declining organ functions. The princess is the widow of Prince ...

The Yamato-class battleships, constructed by Imperial Japan during World War II, were the largest and most heavily armed battleships ever built. What You Need to Know: The Yamato-class ...

Let's face it. Imperial Japan stood next to no chance of winning a fight to the finish against the United States. Resolve and resources explain why. So long as Americans kept their dander up ...