Female births have far outweighed male births in recent generations of the Japanese royal family and the dynasty currently has just three male heirs, one of whom is already in his 80s. There's ...

Since Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako had only one child-- a daughter-- and this made the line of succession in the Japanese royal family uncertain for a while. It even gave rise to debates in ...

"The [Japanese] were perhaps the last notable royal family not to fully engage the digital era," notes social media analyst Andrew Hughes. But it was an inevitable move. The family had made clear ...