Japan's 91-year-old former Emperor Akihito has been hospitalized to adjust his heart medication, palace officials say.

Japan’s former emperor Akihito was hospitalized to adjust his heart medication on Monday, the Imperial Household Agency ...

From meeting with Queen Elizabeth II to a revolutionary royal wedding, the oldest living member of Japan's Imperial family's ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito entered the University of Tokyo Hospital in Bunkyo Ward of the capital on July 14 as a precaution to ...

The former Emperor of Japan has been admitted to a hospital in Tokyo to undergo treatment for a heart condition, the Imperial ...

Japan's former Emperor Akihito, aged 91, was hospitalized to adjust his heart medication after being diagnosed with myocardial ischemia in May. Despite previous treatments, his condition showed little ...

Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era.

Japanese Emperor Akihito hinted Monday that he wanted to abdicate because of age and ill health, potentially ushering in the most significant change to the imperial system in the postwar era.

Japanese Emperor Akihito will take to the country’s airwaves Monday to deliver a rare televised speech. While exact details are being kept under wraps, many expect Akihito, 82, to announce that ...

Akihito himself is a direct descendent of Japan’s first emperor Jimmu, believed to have reigned around 660 BC. The last emperor to abdicate was Emperor Kokaku in 1817 in the later part of the ...

Akihito’s father, Hirohito, reigned for 62 years, leading Japan through a period of imperial expansionism and World War II. The level of Hirohito’s responsibility for the war is a matter of ...