At the tomb, Emperor Naruhito offered a tamagushi ritual offering and bowed deeply, as did Empress Masako after him.

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has ...

Born in 1923 as an aristocrat, Yuriko married at age 18 to Prince Mikasa, the younger brother of Hirohito and the great-uncle of current Emperor Naruhito, months before the start of World War II.

Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family and great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito, died of natural causes ...

Her death reduces Japan’s rapidly dwindling imperial family to 16 people, and only 4 men, as the country faces questions ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have visited the residence of Princess Mikasa, who passed away on November 15 at the age of 101. Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko ...

Princess Mikasa, the oldest member of Japan's royal family and great aunt to the emperor, died aged 101 on Friday in a Tokyo ...

The princess, known for her charitable work, was the great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito and the widow of Prince Mikasa. Yuriko Takagi (her maiden name) was born on June 4, 1923, in a nobel family.