Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed his hope for peace in Japan and the world in the new year in a poem recited at the annual ...

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and other members of the imperial family held their annual poetry event where they presented ...

Prince Hisahito on Wednesday attended for the first time Japan's imperial New Year's poetry ceremony, known as " utakai ...

TOKYO: The annual Imperial ceremony of Utakai Hajime, or the New Year's Poetry Reading, was held at the Imperial Palace in ...

Each year, the Japanese Imperial family hosts an annual celebration of poetry at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. This year, as they have in years previous, Emperor Nahrutio, Empress Masako, and Princess ...

TOKYO (AP) — A poem about the Japanese coastline devastated by last year's earthquake and tsunami was among the winners at Thursday's annual Imperial Palace poetry contest. Coincidentally, the theme ...