TOKYO – Crown Princess Masako is not likely to be joining her husband, the heir to Japan’s ancient throne, on any trips abroad in the near future. Crown Prince Naruhito, speaking Friday ahead of a ...

TOKYO – Japan's reclusive and troubled Crown Princess Masako said Tuesday that her health is improving and she is feeling more able to take part in social activities. Her father-in-law, Emperor ...

Empress Masako, born as the commoner Masako Owada, is a Japanese diplomat who married Crown Prince Naruhito in 1993, becoming Crown Princess and then Empress in May 2019. Masako's life story is ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Crown Princess Masako attended a banquet for visiting Dutch royals on Wednesday in her first such appearance since developing a stress-related illness more than a decade ago. The ...

Crown Princess Masako has been diagnosed by doctors as having adjustment disorder, Japanese media reported Friday. Masako, 40, has received an outpouring of public sympathy since December, when she ...

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 ...

Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako arrive at the Imperial Palace in March. The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Imag Last week, the Imperial Household announced that Princess Mako, the ...

An Imperial Palace celebration for the seventh birthday of Japan's Princess Aiko has been canceled because the princess is sick, royal officials say. Japanese Crown Princess Masako and Princess Aiko ...

Japan’s Crown Princess Masako has said she feels “insecure” about assuming the role of empress next year amid an ongoing battle with stress-related illness, in comments that provide a rare window into ...

The other day I came across this post about how Japan’s Princess Aiko has been missing school because of bullying by some boys at her elementary school. While this news is disturbing in itself, what ...