This file photo taken in June 1999 shows Iwao Shoda, right, greeting former Emperor Akihito , left, and his sister, former Empress Michiko, at the funeral wake of their father Hidesaburo Shoda in ...

Empress Emerita Michiko celebrated her 87th birthday on Oct. 20 with sadness at the impending departure of Princess Mako, who will leave the imperial family after her marriage on Oct. 26 ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko visited Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo on the morning of February ...

the granddaughter of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko. Komuro met with the man on Nov. 12 at a Tokyo law firm, according to sources. They said he accepted an undisclosed sum ...

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L), accompanied by Empress Michiko, arrives June 28, 2005 at the Monument of the War Dead in the Mid-Pacific, to pay their respects to the Japanese soldiers who died in ...