The Imperial Household Agency announced that Princess Yuriko, aunt of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, died on Nov. 15. She was 101.

Princess Yuriko was the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family. She died on ...

This Friday, November 15, 2024, will go down as one of the darkest days in Japan's history. Princess Yuriko, the ...

Japan’s Princess Yuriko died on Friday morning at the age of 101, a spokesman for the Imperial Household Agency said. The ...

Princess Yuriko, a great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito, passed away on November 15 at Saint Luke's International Hospital in ...

The health of Japan’s 101-year-old Princess Yuriko has worsened, the Imperial Household Agency said on Monday. The functioning of Yuriko’s heart, kidney and other organs is declining, said Takeichiro ...

Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, declared the opening of both the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics. Emperor Emeritus Akihito officially opened the ...

The closing of the U.S. busiest immigrant processing station, the crowning of a new emperor in Japan and the birthday of the “Godfather of Grunge.” ...

Two years after the death of his father, Michinomiya Hirohito is enthroned as the 124th Japanese monarch in an imperial line dating back to 660 B.C. Emperor Hirohito presided over one of the most ...

Princess Yuriko of Japan has died at the age of 101, the Imperial Household Agency announced. The oldest living member of the ...