According to a newspaper article written at the time of Hirohito's funeral, spokespeople for Japan's imperial family refused to confirm "reports" the emperor was buried with a Mickey Mouse wristwatch.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito will attend a ceremony marking this year's 100th anniversary of the start of the Show period, to be held at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall April 29, the Imperial Household ...

The photograph taken at the meeting between Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur denotes a significant moment in history.

August 15, 1945. Emperor Hirohito has recorded a message to end the Pacific War. But inside the Imperial Palace, a group of ...

TOKYO — Japan’s wartime emperor, Hirohito, was anguished right up until his death about his responsibility in World War II, according to a newly examined diary by one of his close aides. TOKYO — Japan ...

Ukraine, anti-fascism video uploaded on Twitter after the Japanese government lodged a complaint to the Ukrainian Embassy in ...

As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for Emperor or country,” one advised. By Martin Fackler and Ko Sasaki Her ...

Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. Emperor Hirohito (1901-1989), posthumously ...

TOKYO (AP) — A 12,000-page history of Emperor Hirohito released in Japan on Tuesday includes childhood letters to his parents but steps gingerly around what many want to know: his thinking on issues ...