The custom was originally started by Emperor Hirohito, the current Emperor's grandfather and posthumously known as Emperor Showa. Wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt, gray pants and black rain boots ...

Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito will undergo heart tests at a hospital after an unspecified problem was detected during a ...

Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito will be admitted to hospital for heart tests on Tuesday, public broadcaster NHK reported, ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito, 91, will be hospitalized for heart examinations after doctors detected a potential issue during a ...

Emperor Shōwa (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name Hirohito, was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until ...

Akihito ascended to the throne after his father, Hirohito, died in 1989. No other emperor has abdicated in modern Japanese ...

Emperor Hirohito's scratchy penmanship will be on show for the first time with a collection of rare handwritten “waka” poems he composed in his waning years. The special exhibition at the ...

Japan's Imperial Household Agency has announced that Former Emperor Emeritus Akihito will be hospitalised in Tokyo on Tuesday for a heart examination, CNN reported, citing NHK reports. Referring to ...

They include: -- Publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1863 -- Musician Duke Ellington in 1899 -- Japanese Emperor Hirohito in 1901 -- Musician Toots Thielemans in 1922 -- Musician Lonnie Donegan ...

Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito will be admitted ... Akihito, who ascended to the throne after his father, Hirohito, died in 1989, became the first Japanese monarch in 200 years to abdicate ...

To mark Anzac Day, the Gisborne Herald’s Wynsley Wrigley spoke with Gordon about kamikaze attacks, the exhilaration of combat and seeing Emperor Hirohito during the formal Japanese surrender in ...

His films tapped into the fantasies of disgruntled youth by embracing brazen sexuality and countercultural politics. But unlike his peers, he did not shun tradition.