Royal watchers and experts fear the new measures could doom the 1,500-year-old hereditary institution by insisting that only men can be emperor, sparking worry about the fast-aging imperial family.

The new law is part of a campaign by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, to build a more patriotic and ...

The reforms are designed to address Japan’s shrinking imperial family by expanding the pool of eligible male heirs. However, ...

Japan's parliament has tweaked the imperial succession law but maintained the bar on women emperors - despite surveys ...

More than 3,000 veterans have gone to the nation’s capital over those years and about 100 are scheduled to fly out Oct. 13-14 ...

The fierce shark teeth on some warplanes have their roots in World Wars I and II, and they continue on today. Here's why ...

In the Axis occupation of Greece in World War II, Sweden deployed a fleet of White Ships to deliver life-saving aid and stop starvation.

A former NASA astronaut who flew six space shuttle missions is in Dubuque this week; not aboard a shuttle, but at the ...

A decades-long search for answers for Lewis McIntosh's family ended with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

If we want the United States—not China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea—to lead the next generation of technological innovation, ...

A Rhode Island man’s magnet fishing trip took an unexpected turn when he pulled a World War II-era hand grenade from the ...

The Calamity has finally got a release date. The next chapter arrives later this month, bringing fans closer to the anime’s long-awaited ending. After The Blood Warfare, The Separation, and The ...