"Japan . . . launched a year-long study on changing the country's male-only imperial succession law to save the world's oldest monarchy from eventual extinction. The recommendation of a 10-member ...

TOKYO -- -- Within the aged cedar walls of the Imperial Palace, Princess Masako of Japan, clad in a binding ceremonial kimono, watched as her father-in-law, Emperor Akihito, presided over a Shinto ...

TOKYO -- Palace doctors believe that Japan's Crown Princess Masako, who has spent the past eight months in seclusion fighting a stress-induced illness, will not likely resume her royal duties until ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Crown Princess Masako on Saturday checked out of the palace hospital, cradling her newborn daughter in her arms and giving the public its first glimpse of the royal family's newest ...

TOKYO - Japan's Crown Princess Masako gave birth to a girl today, bringing cheer to a nation stuck in the economic doldrums but also renewing the debate over changing the law to allow a woman to ...

Masako Sen (Born Princess Masako of Mikasa) is the wife of Sōshitsu Sen XVI. In 1983 she married Sōshitsu Sen XVI, and as per the Imperial Household Law of 1947, was forced to relinquish her title.