"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Japan’s royal family has just joined Instagram. On Monday, Japan’s Imperial Household Agency activated it ...

Her death reduces Japan’s rapidly dwindling imperial family to 16 people, and only 4 men, as the country faces questions about the future under a male-only succession law. By The Associated Press ...

Tokyo — Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said.

Japan's former Princess Mako gave birth to her first child, whom she shares with husband Kei Komuro, Japan's Imperial Household Agency announced Mako left Japan's royal family when she married Komuro, ...

TOKYO (AP) — Former Japanese princess Mako Komuro has given birth to her first child, palace officials confirmed Friday, though they gave no details, saying she is no longer a royal member. The ...

SAO PAULO — Japan’s Princess Kako of Akishino, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, received the highest order of Brazil's powerhouse state of Sao Paulo on Friday as she kicks off an 11-day trip to the South ...