TOKYO, April 30 (Reuters) - Japan's Emperor Akihito will step down in favor of his elder son, Crown Prince Naruhito, on Tuesday, ending the 31-year Heisei era during which he sought to bring the ...

Beloved Japanese Emperor Akihito has released his final annual birthday statement before he abdicates the throne in April – the first Japanese monarch to do so in 200 years. Sunday is his 85th ...

Japan’s much-loved Emperor Akihito will stand down on April 30, 2019, becoming the first Japanese monarch to abdicate his post in two centuries. The decision was made at a meeting of the Imperial ...

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Emperor Akihito, flanked by Imperial Household Agency officials carrying two of the so-called Three Sacred Treasures of Japan, leaves the main sanctuary as he visits the Inner ...

Most Japanese maples sold in this country are cultivars of acer (the Latin word for maple) palmatum (which means resembling a hand in Latin) - so named because the lobes of the leaves radiate from the ...