From Imperial Household Agency Emperor Akihito. Photo credit: Zimbio Here are Emperor Akihito’s thoughts in the coming of New Year 2016: As last…

Emperor Akihito. Image: Wikimedia Commons Here is Emperor Akihito's speech in commemoration of the Third Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquak…

Don Felipe and Prince Naruhito visited the Canal de Isabel II, which controls the water cycle in Madrid. During his visit, the Prince of Asturias and Crow…

June 11 - Crown Prince Felipe of Spain and Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan co-chaired the very first activity of the Spain-Japan Dual Year. During his spe…

June 11 - King Juan Carlos of Spain hosted a lunched in honor of Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan. The heir to Japan’s Chrysanthemum throne is on a six-day tou…

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, confers the Order of the Garter  to the Japanese Emperor. (Image source Wikimedia Commons) Tokyo, Feb. 20, 1906—Princ…

Princess Takamado In an i nterview with The Daily Yomiuri , Princess Takamado reveals that she felt her husband, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack a…

Prince Tomohito of Mikasa Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, the eldest cousin of Emperor Akihito, succumbed to cancer, Wednesday, June 13. He was 66.

Emperor Akihito is faced by changes in the succession law.  Japan’s government is urged to hasten efforts to revise the Imperial House Law to focus on othe…

Reflections for 2011. Emperor Akihito, with Empress Michiko, delivers his speech before cheering crowd during his 78th birthday at the Imperial Palac…