Emperor Emeritus Akihito was diagnosed in May with myocardial ischemia. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Japan's 91-year-old former Emperor Akihito has been hospitalized to adjust his heart medication, palace officials say.

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito has been discharged from a hospital in Tokyo after being admitted to the facility on Monday ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito was discharged from the University of Tokyo Hospital on Friday after receiving an additional oral ...

Japan’s former emperor Akihito was hospitalized to adjust his heart medication on Monday, the Imperial Household Agency ...

From meeting with Queen Elizabeth II to a revolutionary royal wedding, the oldest living member of Japan's Imperial family's ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito entered the University of Tokyo Hospital in Bunkyo Ward of the capital on July 14 as a precaution to ...

Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era.

Japanese Emperor Akihito hinted Monday that he wanted to abdicate because of age and ill health, potentially ushering in the most significant change to the imperial system in the postwar era.

Akihito himself is a direct descendent of Japan’s first emperor Jimmu, believed to have reigned around 660 BC. The last emperor to abdicate was Emperor Kokaku in 1817 in the later part of the ...

Japan's former Emperor Akihito has been diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, a heart rhythm disorder that causes a ...

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito was discharged from the University of Tokyo Hospital on Friday after receiving an additional ...