TOKYO, July 13. /TASS/. Emperor Akihito of Japan may abdicate in favor of his eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito, NHK TV channel reported said on Wednesday citing sources at the Imperial Household ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito, marking his 90th birthday on Dec. 23, spends his days like retirees the world over reflecting on the past and trying to lead as normal a daily life as possible.

Emperor Emeritus Akihito, who turned 91 on Dec. 23, continues leading a calm and regular daily life, according to the Imperial Household Agency. Akihito has been caring for Empress Emerita ...

Japan's beloved former Emperor Akihito marked his 91st birthday on Monday, as he continues to pursue his lifetime research into goby fish, care for his wife and pray for peace. Akihito, who ...

Akihito is the eldest son and the fifth child of Emperor Showa and Empress Kōjun. Titled Prince Tsugu (継宮, Tsugu-no-miya?) as a child, he was raised and educated by his private tutors and ...

Akihito, who abdicated in April, was a paradoxical figure: a hereditary monarch, the son of the wartime emperor, Hirohito, strictly barred from political utterance, who even so stood out against the ...

Emperor Akihito took the throne at the age of 55, following the death of his father. He was the first to be enthroned under the post-war Constitution that defines the role as a "symbol of the state." ...