This New Year is almost set upon us with joy to see it through. There’s hope for tomorrow along with care to renew.

Empress Masako on Jan. 16 attended the annual New Year’s Poetry Reading at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo for the first time in 17 years. Her husband, Emperor Naruhito, and other members of the ...

Emperor Naruhito composed a poem about the aspirations of children he has met around Japan for the annual New Year Poetry Reading at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 22. The event’s theme th ...