Amid public disapproval over an apparent financial dispute, the emperor's niece Princess Mako is giving up her royal birthright to marry her commoner college sweetheart.

Japan’s popular Princess Aiko turned 23 on Sunday, as she takes on more official duties even while her future in the imperial family remains in doubt. Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and ...

Japan’s former Princess Mako, third right, the elder daughter of Crown Prince Akishino, and her husband Kei Komuro, second right, are escorted to board an airplane to New York Sunday, Nov. 14 ...

Japan is facing its own “Megxit” drama as the country’s Princess Mako today officially renounced her royal title by marrying her long-term “commoner” boyfriend.