Akihito

Japan, China, S. Korea stir old resentments on war anniversary

2012-08-15 12:22:30

<![CDATA[Japan, China, S. Korea stir old resentments on war anniversary]]>

Beyond the United Kingdom -- a royal rundown

2012-06-02 04:39:03

<![CDATA[Beyond the United Kingdom -- a royal rundown]]>

Spain's queen snubs distant cousin Queen Elizabeth II

2012-05-17 16:38:48

<![CDATA[Spain's queen snubs distant cousin Queen Elizabeth II]]>

Japanese Emperor Akihito to undergo heart surgery

2012-02-17 04:38:51

<![CDATA[Japanese Emperor Akihito to undergo heart surgery]]>

Japan's Emperor Akihito remains hospitalized with pneumonia

2011-11-19 04:36:58

<![CDATA[Japan's Emperor Akihito remains hospitalized with pneumonia]]>

Four reactors at Fukushima nuclear complex will have to be scrapped, utility chairman says

2011-03-30 10:03:00

The chairman of the utility that runs the crippled Fukushima power plant on Wednesday said the facility's four tsunami-battered reactors would have to be scrapped, and he apologized to the Japanese public for the nuclear disaster. Tsunehisa Katsumata,...

Emperor Akihito's speech underlines gravity of Japan's nuclear crisis

2011-03-17 00:00:00

His voice was measured, his language formal, his demeanor somber. It was perhaps the clearest sign yet of just how grave Japan's nuclear crisis had become: The emperor spoke. Akihito, the nation's 77-year-old sovereign, delivered an unprecedented address...

Shuttered Tokyo hotel reopens for evacuees

2011-04-09 15:41:00

Room 1648 at the upscale Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka isn't fancy, but it sure beats Mina Ariga's old digs: an evacuation shelter in the Tokyo convention center. And for the three months she'll stay, she won't have to pay a cent. She and her husband,...

Conference crown still up for grabs in East

2013-04-28 08:54:04

The Niigata Albirex BB moved closer to a possible Eastern Conference regular-season title by beating the visiting Sendai 89ers 98-79 on Saturday night. Niigata (35-16) is one game ahead of the Iwate Big Bulls, Yokohama B-Corsairs and Toyama Grouses, all...

Sovereignty celebration hit by protests

2013-04-28 08:54:04

The government on Sunday held its first formal celebration of the day when the San Francisco Peace Treaty ended the allied Occupation, aggravating residents of Okinawa, which was abandoned by the mainland and left under U.S. control until 1972. The...

The pending King of Ga visit to Easton raises the touchy issue of royalty

2012-06-21 16:24:00

There are two guaranteed ways to diminish marital bliss in a certain family. The first is to say something rotten about my wife's beloved Democratic Party, which is tied for first place, with the Republican Party, when it comes to the most worthless...

The London bureau: A queen and a correspondent

2012-05-10 07:34:00

It was Queen Elizabeth who made me a foreign correspondent. Before she turned up, my newspaper career had consisted of listening to Baltimore policemen reminisce about great hangings and covering bush-league statesmen deploring the state of the world. I...

Japanese Emperor Akihito , right, and Empress Michiko pay their respects before an altar during a memorial service for the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake, in Tokyo on Sunday.

2012-03-11 09:43:23

Japanese Emperor Akihito , right, and Empress Michiko pay their respects before an altar during a memorial service for the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake, in Tokyo on Sunday.

2012-03-11 09:43:23

Japanese Emperor Akihito made an unprecedented televised address to his disaster-stricken nation on Wednesday.

2011-03-16 00:00:00