Many people thought that the Olympics should be canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of these people wanted the emperor, who was Honorary Patron of the Olympic and Paralympic Games ...

Japan's new Emperor has begun his reign now that his father has abdicated. The Emperor made his first official address in his new role. The 126th Emperor of Japan attended a ceremony on Wednesday ...

More than half a million people were granted pardons in Japan on Tuesday as part of a pre-war custom of clemency to mark Naruhito formally ascending to the Chrysanthemum Throne as the nation’s 216th ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito formally took up his post on Wednesday a day after the abdication of his father, saying he felt a “sense of solemnity” but pledging to work as a symbol of the nation and the ...

Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito formally ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne on Wednesday, vowing to stay close to the Japanese people as the country entered the new Reiwa era and fulfil his ...