Tokyo — Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family ...

After living through the tumultuous Showa period (1926-1989), the entire Heisei (1989-2019) and into the current Reiwa era, ...

Gov. Yuriko Koike on Dec. 3 announced plans to introduce a system that would give metropolitan government workers the option ...

PM Shigeru Ishiba has called Japan ’s stubbornly low birth rate a ‘quiet emergency and has pledged policies like flexible ...

At the tomb, Emperor Naruhito offered a tamagushi ritual offering and bowed deeply, as did Empress Masako after him.

The main funeral ceremony for Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family and great-aunt of Emperor ...

The capital is joining a growing number of local governments introducing similar measures to improve working conditions amid ...

The wake for Princess Yuriko, who passed away on November 15 at age 101, was held starting at 6 p.m. on November 24 at ...

Japan on Tuesday held a funeral for the imperial family’s oldest member Princess Yuriko, who died at the age of 101. The ...

Members of the Japanese royal family made a sombre appearance today, as they attended a funeral for the late Princess Yuriko - who died aged 101 earlier this month. Crown Prince Akishino and ...

The scheme is meant to ease domestic burdens that discourage working mothers from having children. Read more at ...