Japanese Emperor Naruhito is scheduled to travel to the United Kingdom for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral. The Imperial Household Agency stated that Naruhito and his wife, Empress Masako, were observing ...

TOKYO (AP) - Three booming cheers of "Banzai!" rang out Tuesday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo as Naruhito formally declared his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne as the nation's 126th emperor.

The succession law limiting ruling rights to men was implemented in 1889 under the prewar Constitution, according to AP News. Postwar, the 1947 Imperial House Law also prevented women from becoming ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito formally ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne on Tuesday in a ceremony evoking centuries of tradition dating back 2,000 years. Although the new Emperor, 59, already assumed ...

TOKYO, Japan — Pope Francis met Monday with Emperor Naruhito of Japan. It was the first meeting of the two less than two weeks since Emperor Naruhito completed the rituals that made him the newest ...

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, July 8 (UPI) --Japanese Emperor Naruhito attended a welcoming ceremony and met with Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh during his first official state visit to Mongolia on ...

Tokyo – Japan's new Emperor Naruhito effectively stepped back into the 19th century on Tuesday to participate in enthronement pageantry as he officially ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne. The monarch ...

TOKYO — Three booming cheers of “Banzai!” rang out Tuesday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo as Naruhito formally declared his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne as the nation’s 126th emperor. As a ...

Pope Francis met Monday with Emperor Naruhito of Japan. It was the first meeting of the two less than two weeks since Naruhito completed the rituals that made him the newest emperor in the world's ...

Here’s a look at the life of Emperor Naruhito of Japan, the 126th Emperor to ascend to Japan’s Chrysanthemum Throne. His grandfather, Emperor Hirohito, was Japan’s longest-reigning monarch, and ruled ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito officially proclaimed his ascension to the throne in an elaborate ceremony on Tuesday. He became emperor in May, but Tuesday's ceremony marked the official completion of the ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, in a white robe, visits “Kashikodokoro”, a shrine at the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Emperor Naruhito visited three Shinto shrines at the palace before ...