Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended the Global Environmental Action International Conference in Tokyo this week.
The conference is held every two years, and this year focused on how to have environmental conservation while maintaining economic growth.
The Emperor acknowledged the growing global need to focus on climate change. In addressing the conference, he said…
Emperor Naruhito of Japan is set to deliver his first video message to the people of Japan. The Emperor, who had to cancel the yearly New Year events at the Imperial Palace due to COVID, will speak to the Japanese people for New Year’s via video for the first time.
Japan’s Imperial Family will be ringing in the new year privately this year. The Imperial Household has decided to cancel Emperor Naruhito’s New Year’s event at the palace, due to a rise in coronavirus cases.
The news of this latest cancellation came as Japan…
Japan’s Princess Aiko is celebrating her 19th birthday today. She is the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako.
To celebrate, the Imperial Household Agency released a video of the teenage royal in the gardens of the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo alongside her dog, Yuri.
She is currently enrolled in online courses, due to the pandemic, at Gakushuin University in Tokyo. She did…
Japanese government considering government posts for female Imperial Family members
25th November 2020
The Japanese government is considering giving government posts to female Imperial Family members after they have lost their imperial status upon marriage to commoners. This would allow them to continue their royal work after leaving the Imperial Family.
Informed…
Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino has formally been declared as the first in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne in the traditional rituals in Tokyo on Sunday. The ceremonies had been delayed for seven months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Emperor Naruhito’s younger…
Crown Princess Akishino of Japan delivered a video message about lung health on the opening day of the 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health earlier this week.
The Crown Princess, who has made the issue of lung health and awareness of tuberculosis a key part of her royal work, spoke from her home in Tokyo to the attendees of the Union World Conference on Lung Health.
Crown Princess Kiko…
Japan’s Princess Mako of Akishino is celebrating her 29th birthday today; she is the niece of Emperor Naruhito and eldest granddaughter of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko.
A video was released by the Imperial Household Agency of Mako and her…
Japan to hold proclamation ceremonies for Crown Prince in November
13th October 2020
Japan is set to hold its proclamation ceremonies for Crown Prince Fumihito on 8 November even as the country continues to battle COVID-19.
There had been much debate on when the ceremonies would take place due to the pandemic, but the government decided they could take…
Japan’s Yuriko, Princess Mikasa has been hospitalised following a heart failure diagnosis, the Imperial Household Agency has announced.
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa is the oldest member of Japan’s Imperial Family and the great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito. The Imperial Household Agency said that the 97-year-old Princess is in stable condition and is able to speak and eat. She will receive…
