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23 Dec 2017

Japan's Emperor draws record birthday crowd as he prepares to abdicate

Japan's 84-year-old Emperor Akihito has decided to abdicate the throne.

22 Nov 2017

Japan special panel to weigh timing of emperor's abdication

The timing of Emperor Akihito`s abdication, Japan`s first in nearly two centuries, is to be discussed by a special panel that will meet from Dec. 1, the top government spokesman said on Wednesday.

06 Nov 2017

Donald Trump passes tricky protocol test with Japanese emperor

To bow or not to bow: That was the question when US President Donald Trump held a closely watched meet-and-greet with the Japanese emperor laden with potential protocol pitfalls.

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito

13 Jun 2017

Japan crown prince says will devote himself "body and soul" to job as emperor

Emperor Akihito, 83, who has had heart surgery and treatment for prostate cancer, said in rare public remarks last year he feared age might make it hard for him to continue to fulfill his duties.

09 Jun 2017

Japan's parliament clears way for emperor's abdication

Japan`s parliament on Friday passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate, clearing the way for the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in nearly two centuries and the accession of his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, probably late next year.

09 Jun 2017

Five things to know about the Japanese royals

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko journey to sites of natural disasters to console victims, most notably after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

19 May 2017

Japan Cabinet approves bill to allow Emperor Akihito to abdicate

Japan`s cabinet approved a bill on Friday that would allow Emperor Akihito to step down.

Princess Mako of Akishino

17 May 2017

Japan princess to wed, sparking debate on shrinking royal family

Japanese Princess Mako`s unofficial fiance, Kei Komuro, appeared before media cameras on Wednesday outside the Tokyo law office where he works.

16 May 2017

Japan's Emperor cancels engagements, cites health problems

Amid ongoing discussion about his abdication, Japan's Emperor Akihito has cancelled his engagements due to health problems for the second time in 2017.

Nguyen Thi Xuan

27 Feb 2017

Japan emperor's Vietnam visit a sign of improved ties

Many Vietnamese women married to Japanese soldiers, Xuan's family was split up, victimized by the stormy relationship between the countries.

Nguyen Thi Xuan`s husband

24 Feb 2017

Sixty years after Japan army husband fled, Vietnam war bride clings to love

It`s been more than sixty years since Nguyen Thi Xuan`s husband, a Japanese soldier, left her in Vietnam, but the 94-year-old still sleeps with a body pillow she fashioned from his military uniform.

11 Jan 2017

Japan plans to have new emperor in 2019: Media

Akihito, 83, expressed a desire in August to abdicate after nearly three decades on the Chrysanthemum Throne, citing his advancing age and weakening health.

Pranab Mukherjee

22 Dec 2016

India, Japan cooperation will strengthen bilateral ties: Pranab Mukherjee

President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday greeted Japanese Emperor Akihito on his birthday which falls on December 23.

14 Oct 2016

Japan's little prince could be last emperor on unreformed Chrysanthemum Throne

When Prince Hisahito was born in 2006, ending a 41-year drought in imperial male heirs, Japan’s government gladly dropped proposals that women might head the world’s oldest monarchy, but a decade later the little prince remains the last hope for an unreformed Chrysanthemum Throne.

08 Aug 2016

Japan`s emperor hints at wish to abdicate, says may be 'difficult' to fulfil duties

Japanese Emperor Akihito has said that his weakening health may make it hard to fulfil his duties, in a speech seen as flagging a possible future abdication.

14 Jul 2016

Japan palace denies emperor`s wish to abdicate

Japan`s Emperor Akihito has no plans to step down, the imperial household has insisted, denying reports the 82-year-old wants to abdicate, in what would be an extraordinary move for a more-than 2,600-year-old royal line.

27 Jan 2016

Japan`s Akihito to visit Philippine WWII cemetery

Japan`s Emperor Akihito will on Wednesday visit a cemetery for tens of thousands of Filipino World War II dead, as he uses a historic visit to the Philippines to promote his pacifist agenda.

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