The Japan Imperial Family continues to shrink; as of October 2025, it only has 16 members, as women in the family lose their royal status should they marry a commoner. There are currently eight living ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Friday she opposes changing the imperial family's male-only succession rules, as pressure mounts on lawmakers to address the issue of the monarchy's ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. Many people in Japan worry he could be the last. The elaborate palace rituals to formally recognize Hisahito as ...

TOKYO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Japanese Emperor Naruhito on Monday in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, six years after their previous meeting during the first Trump ...

Japan stands torn between tradition and the future, as Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito, finds herself at the center of a growing movement to change the country’s patriarchal rules of ...

TOKYO — Japan’s beloved Princess Aiko is often cheered like a pop star. During a visit to Nagasaki with Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, the sound of her name being screamed by well-wishers along ...