Japan's 91-year-old former Emperor Akihito was hospitalized Monday to adjust his heart medication, palace officials said. Akihito was diagnosed in May with myocardial ischemia, an asymptomatic ...

Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the war ...

TOKYO (AP) — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of Japan’s World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in ...

Prince Mikasa, Brother of Emperor Hirohito of Japan, Dies at 100 Prince Mikasa, an Imperial Army veteran who became a pacifist, was the uncle of the current emperor and fifth in line to the throne.

TOKYO (AP) — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of Japan’s World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in ...

Japan on Friday is marking the surrender announcement by then-Emperor Hirohito 80 years ago at the end of World War II. The national ceremony at Tokyo’s Budokan hall begins at noon, the same ...

TOKYO (AP) — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan ...