Hisahito is second in line to Japan’s Chrysanthemum Throne after his father, Crown Prince Akishino. The prince, who turned 18 ...

Japan’s 18-year-old prince Hisahito pledges to fulfil royal duties ‘seriously’ at first press conference - Prince Hisahito is ...

Hisahito – the only son of Crown Prince Akishino, who is next in line to the throne, and Crown Princess Kiko – turned 18 last ...

Japan’s Prince Hisahito, the second in line to the throne, held a debut news conference on Monday, telling reporters he would ...

Iwao Shoda, the brother of Japan's former Empress Michiko, died at 93, with the former empress entering a period of mourning ...

“As a young member of the Imperial Family, I am determined to fulfil my role,” Prince Hisahito said. Japan’s postwar constitution defines the emperor as “the symbol of the state and the ...