Our family moved to Japan after 8 years of careful planning — but there are still things I wish we'd done before we left

Although our family spent years planning our move to Japan, looking back, there are mistakes we made and things I wish we'd ...

We built our dream home for the family we thought we'd have. Then we started over in rural Japan.

Sia and Mikael Lilja decided to start over in Japan after realizing children were no longer part of their future.

A Guide to the Japanese Royal Family Tree

The Japanese Imperial Family has only sixteen current members.
Time

Japan’s Royal Family Emerges for In-Person New Year’s Address After Pandemic Hiatus

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People

PEOPLE Explains: Why Women In Japan's Imperial Family Must Give Up Their Royal Status to Marry Commoners

Princess Mako, who was set to give up her royal status to marry a commoner, recently postponed her marriage If a female member of the Japanese imperial family wishes to marry a commoner, she often ...
Opinion

Japan enshrines male-only succession for the shrinking imperial family

Japan’s parliament has enacted a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage men can become emperor.
The Economist

Japan is finally debating what a family can be

As the idea of what constitutes a family changed dramatically in much of the developed world in recent decades, Japan lagged behind. But in the past few years the shape of the Japanese family has ...