For imperial loyalists of the late Edo Period, the experiences of Emperor Go-Daigo from five centuries past were an ...

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita ... No other emperor has abdicated in modern Japanese history. But Akihito has broken with other imperial tradition. He was the first emperor ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito will undergo ... No other emperor has abdicated in modern Japanese history. But Akihito has broken with other imperial tradition.

is in receipt of a cablegram from Korea in which the Emperor declares that the agreement between Korea and Japan is null and void because it was obtained by force. He also declares that he will ...