Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Feb. 3, 2019, photo, Kazuo Oda, a retired trading house executive and longtime tennis friend of Emperor Akihito, speaks on ...

Well-wishers gather at the Imperial Palace as they celebrate and watch the wedding parade by Japan's Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko in Tokyo, Japan April 10, 1959, in this photo ...

Japan's ageing Emperor Akihito plans to step down in favour of his eldest son within a few years, Japanese media reported Wednesday, in what would be the first such royal abdication in two centuries.

The abdication of a Japanese royal has not transpired since 1817 Japan’s Emperor Akihito is abdicating on Tuesday, making way for his son to take the throne. Akihito, 85, announced his plan to step ...

In 2019, Emperor Akihito became the first Japanese emperor to abdicate the Chrysanthemum Throne in over two centuries. He presided over a very transitory time in Japanese royal history—the role of his ...

The 85-year-old royal traveled to the Ise Grand Shrine in Japan to perform the "Shinetsu no Gi" ritual Japanese Emperor Akihito is preparing for his abdication from the throne, making way for his son ...

Japan’s ageing Emperor Akihito travels to the Philippines this week to visit World War II memorials, his latest pacifist pilgrimage which appears increasingly at odds with the government’s rightward ...

TOKYO — Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era.