Princess Mikasa, the oldest member of Japan's royal family and great aunt to the emperor, died aged 101 on Friday in a Tokyo hospital, the Imperial Household Agency said. She had been hospitalised ...

The Japanese city of Osaka will ban elderly people from using ATMs while on a phone call under a new rule to tackle a growing scourge of targeted scams.

It is an auspicious week for the Japanese imperial family, as Princess Tomohito of Mikasa celebrates her milestone 70th birthday. Born Nobuko Asō in Tokyo in 1955, the Princess is the third daughter ...

When Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration in August 1945, young officers argued for continuing the war, but Prince Mikasa opposed them, saying, “It would be better to end it.” Yuriko ...