Japan’s new prime minister has singled out the emperor’s shortage of heirs as an “urgent issue” and called on politicians to ...

His eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito, will take on the symbolic role. By The Associated Press The survival of Japan’s monarchy rested on her shoulders. No one ever let her forget it.

Hisahito, who is set to become the emperor one day, is the nephew of Japanese Emperor Naruhito. Prince Hisahito turned 18 on Friday, becoming the first male royal family member to reach adulthood ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plan to face up to Japan’s wartime history on their visit to Indonesia, a country Japan occupied for more than three years until its defeat in World War II in ...

The Imperial Household Agency, a government agency in charge of the family’s affairs, posted 60 photos and five videos showing Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako’s public appearances over ...

The only other member eligible to succeed is Emperor Naruhito’s uncle, Prince Hitachi, who is 88 years old and third in line to the throne. Prince Hisahito at the Akasaka Palace imperial garden ...

Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito, is also the first royal to reach adulthood under the revised Civil Law, which lowered the age of majority from 20 to 18. Currently a third-year student at ...

Hisahito, who is set to become the emperor one day, is the nephew of Japanese Emperor Naruhito. His father, Crown Prince ...

The Japanese Imperial Royal family is headed by Naruhito-- the emperor, and apart from him there are only three other male members of their 17-members family. Of which, Prince Hisahito recently ...

In a major milestone for Japan's royal family, Prince Hisahito, the son of Crown Prince Akishino, turned 18 on Friday, becoming the first male to join the imperial family as an adult in 40 years.

Hisahito, who is set to become the emperor one day, is the nephew of Japanese Emperor Naruhito. His father, Crown Prince Akishino, was the last to do so, in 1985. Hisahito is the youngest of the ...

Hisahito, who is set to become the emperor one day, is the nephew of Japanese Emperor Naruhito. His father, Crown Prince Akishino, was the last male to reach adulthood in the family, in 1985.