World & Nation
Japan’s line of imperial succession allows only males to ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne, despite the royal family’s shrinking number of men.
Dec. 22, 2021
Japan’s imperial palace has a new resident who earned an economics degree from Harvard, speaks at least five languages and has negotiated complicated trade deals as a diplomat.
May 1, 2019
Archives
It’s true, the Japanese royals are a far cry from the jet-setting Grimaldis, or even frumpy Fergie and her virile Texan.
June 7, 1993
Princess Kiko gives birth to the first male heir in 40 years. He is third in line to the throne.
Sept. 6, 2006
Travel & Experiences
This city’s imperial treasure chambers ranks as one of the greatest smorgasbords of jewelry and gems the world has ever seen.
March 26, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
Tyne Daly and Delroy Lindo bring immediacy to an ancient tale of duty and revenge.
Sept. 6, 2008
At 36, Japan’s Princess Sayako is finally to be wed -- to a bureaucrat with no royal blood.
Nov. 14, 2005
Prince Nicholas Romanov, the great-great-grandson of Czar Nicholas I, is royally peeved at the Russian government.
Dec. 5, 1995
Asia: Announcement, coming after premier calls for allowing women to rule, fuels speculation that the royal baby will be a girl.
May 16, 2001