Japan’s Princess Kiko is pregnant, said the country's Imperial Household Agency on Tuesday, raising the possibility of a male heir for the imperial family just as parliament is planning to ...

Japan’s Princess Kiko gave birth Wednesday to a reportedly healthy baby boy, a 5-pound, 10-ounce solution to the Imperial Family’s need for a next generation heir to the male-only ...

"I am very grateful to the people, friends and family who prayed for the baby's safe delivery," Kiko said in comments later released by the Imperial Household Agency. "I am overjoyed by the birth ...

Princess Kiko, the wife of Prince Akishino ... The baby, delivered by Cesarean section, is the first male born to the Imperial family in 41 years and becomes the third in line to the throne ...

Japan's eagerly awaited imperial baby is to be delivered next month by caesarean section earlier than the expected due date in September, after doctors found complications with Princess Kiko's ...

Princess Kiko, the wife of Prince Akishino, the second son of the Emperor and Empress, has given birth to a baby boy. We congratulate the couple, the Emperor and Empress and the entire Imperial ...

Some conservatives proposed a revival of concubines to produce imperial heirs, and others argued that allowing a woman on the throne would destroy a precious Japanese tradition. News of Kiko’s ...