Stressed, Depressed Japan Princess May Visit Brunei
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Japan's Crown Princess Masako, who  officials say is suffering from a mental disorder caused by the  stress of adapting to royal life, may emerge from months of  seclusion in September to attend a wedding in the tiny  southeast Asian nation of Brunei, a court official said on  Tuesday.
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A Japanese government panel begins work on whether to recommend women be allowed to take the throne.
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Japanese wife, Hitomi Soga, resolving a diplomatic headache for Japan and its close ally, the United States. Japan has asked for leniency out of sympathy for Jenkins wife.
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Japan's Princess Kiko, pregnant with a   possible heir to the Chrysanthemum throne, is to give birth on   Wednesday, an official at the Imperial Household Agency said on   Friday.
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Japan's Empress Michiko attended a flower exhibition on Thursday, two days after an announcement that she is suffering from what appears to be a stress-related illness, in another sign of tension in the royal family.
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Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito says his wife is recovering from her stress-related illness but asks for patience.
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Senior US officials based in Japan may travel to the southern island of Okinawa to follow up on the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl there by a US Marine, a US official said here Tuesday.
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On the 10th anniversary of her death, the Princess of Wales still looms large in Britain's psyche
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THE first Japanese princess to marry outside the Royal family in 45 years said yesterday she was anxious about starting life as a commoner, but her husband-to-be said he would help her cope.
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Japan&#39;s Crown Prince Naruhito left Tuesday for a week-long trip to Mongolia, just one month after undergoing surgery, but without his wife who has yet to recover from stress-induced illness.
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President Gloria MacapagalArroyo and First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo leave today to Brunei Darussalam to attend the royal wedding of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah and his
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Japanese Emperor Akihito expressed pain on Thursday that his eldest son had complained publicly about the stress suffered by the crown princess, who is under pressure to produce a male heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
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Japan's Crown Princess Masako, the former career woman who has kept out of the public eye for a year due to stress, promised on her 41st birthday she would try to get back to her official duties soon.
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Japan's Crown Princess Masako said she was recovering slowly from a stress-related illness most attribute to pressure to produce a male heir, but she was still unable to resume official duties after a year in seclusion.
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Japan's Emperor Akihito marked his 71st birthday with a sombre address, reflecting an unhappy year which has seen the nation hit by natural disasters and controversies in the royal household.
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Japan will set up a task force to consider allowing a reigning empress, an official said Monday - the government's first review of a post-World War II law that limits imperial succession to men.
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Tokyo, Nov. 15: The news that Princess Sayako, will wed at 35 after years of hesitation was welcomed today by many in Japan who fear that sagging marriage and birth rates has left the country headed for a demographic crisis.