Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved to a crowd of flag-waving New Year’s well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday.

FILE: Fashion designer Valentino Garavani during a photo-call to present the documentary film 'Valentino: The Last Emperor' ...

On August 15, 1945, Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allied powers in a radio ...

We descended into Chibichibi Cave in southern Okinawa with the heavy feeling that this was not a site of distant history, but a warning. The cave is low ...

The government of Japan announced on April 29 that Victor J. Dzau, president of the National Academy of Medicine, is being awarded one of its highest honors — the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays ...