TOKYO (AP) — Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko arrived at the Tokyo Dome for Japan’s critical game Sunday against Australia at the World Baseball Classic. Even the royal family are ...

"Japan . . . launched a year-long study on changing the country's male-only imperial succession law to save the world's oldest monarchy from eventual extinction. The recommendation of a 10-member ...

TOKYO -- With the birth of her first child expected any day, Japan's pregnant Crown Princess Masako went for one of her last medical checkups yesterday. Seated beside her husband, Crown Prince ...

Japans Crown Princess Masako on Sunday pledged to do her best despite feeling insecure about becoming empress in mere months, in a candid statement released on her 55th birthday. Emperor Akihito will ...

TOKYO -- Palace doctors believe that Japan's Crown Princess Masako, who has spent the past eight months in seclusion fighting a stress-induced illness, will not likely resume her royal duties until ...

TOKYO -- -- Within the aged cedar walls of the Imperial Palace, Princess Masako of Japan, clad in a binding ceremonial kimono, watched as her father-in-law, Emperor Akihito, presided over a Shinto ...