Here’s a look at the life of Emperor Emeritus Akihito of Japan. Personal Birth date: December 23, 1933 Birth place: Tokyo, Japan Birth name: Tsugunomiya Akihito Father: Emperor Hirohito Mother: ...
Fresh off her first solo state visit to Laos, Princess Aiko has become the face of a Japanese royal family facing ...
On a recent visit, what I saw was far beyond my expectations, as Japan revealed itself to me in vivid pockets of experience.
LONDON (Kyodo) -- Britain viewed Emperor Akihito's first state visit to Britain in 1998 as "conciliatory" despite fierce ...
A new report from Wrestling Spirits, which bills itself as ‘Japan’s only wrestling-focused web media’, says that Penn State ...
The year 2025 is the 150th anniversary of Japan's meteorological services.
Driving around Tokyo blaring slogans on the 84th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, ultra-nationalist outfit ...
Driving around Tokyo blaring slogans on the 84th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, ultra-nationalist outfit Taikosha only has around 100 mostly male, middle-aged members. But the ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Masato Harada, a Japanese director known for films such as "Chronicle of My Mother" and "Climber's High" ...
Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during excavations in Ichijodani, one of medieval Japan’s largest cities. On the outskirts of Fukui, a city of a quarter of a million people in ...
Japan's Empress Masako turned 62 on Tuesday, with stronger hope for peace cultivated through her visits this year to places associated with World War II. Marking the 80th year since the war ended, Emp ...
Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a bustling city that is best discovered at a leisurely pace.