The Japanese Imperial Family has only sixteen current members.
Emperor Naruhito and other members of the imperial family greeted the throngs of well-wishers to the Imperial Palace who came ...
Japan's parliament has amended the Imperial Household Law to address the shortage of heirs. Male descendants of former noble ...
Questions remain about who will succeed Emperor Naruhito, but even the most recent rule change prevents Princess Aiko, the ...
A new law passed in Japan in July 2026 is updating the line of succession: It allows the royals to adopt distant male ...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s approval rating, which had hovered above 60–70% since her inauguration last October, ...
Emperor Akihito became Japan’s first monarch in more than two centuries to abdicate. His eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito, will take on the symbolic role. By The Associated Press The survival of ...