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Former President Jerry John Rawlings has maintained that the appointment of Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor is a strong ...

The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in southern Japan has risen to 15, media reported Saturday, as rescuers ...

Japan's crown prince Tuesday vowed to devote himself to assuming the role of emperor, days after parliament enacted a law ...

Crown Prince Naruhito (3rd from left) is first in line to take the throne after his father abdicate Japan's parliament ...

Japan passed a law Friday that allows 83-year-old Emperor Akihito to step down, setting the stage for its first imperial ...

Japan's parliament passed a law Friday that clears the way for its ageing Emperor Akihito to step down, in what ...

Japan's lower house of parliament passed a bill Friday that allows ageing Emperor Akihito to step down, as it also ...

Japan is setting the stage for its first imperial abdication in two centuries after the government on Friday approved a ...

The Japanese government has approved a one-off bill that allows ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne, ...

The Japanese government on Friday approved a one-off bill allowing ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne, ...

A member of Japan’s royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner. The 25-year-old ...

A member of Japan’s royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner. The 25-year-old ...

A member of Japan's royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner. The 25-year-old ...

Emperor Akihito's granddaughter's upcoming engagement to her college sweetheart, a commoner, will cost the princess her royal status in a ...

Japan's century-old imperial proclamation urging people to be willing to die for the emperor was consigned to history books until ...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman arrived in Tokyo Sunday, making the first visit to Japan by a monarch from the oil-rich ...

Japan paused Saturday to mark six years since a deadly earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster devastated its northeastern coast, as ...

Japan's emperor Akihito met Thailand's new monarch on Sunday during a brief visit to pay respects to his recently departed ...

Japan's royal couple on Thursday listened to the tearful stories of Vietnamese children who were abandoned by their Japanese soldier ...

Japan's emperor left for Vietnam on Tuesday to meet families of Japanese soldiers sent there by his father more than ...