German historian and journalist Wieland Wagner called for Japanese to address the problems of their symbolic emperor system, ...

After successful performances in Paris, Mexico City, New York, and London, the Marvels of Saudi Orchestra world tour will ...

Japan’s Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko will launch a five-day visit to Türkiye on Dec. 3 as the two countries ...

With a list of invading forces ranging from countless Chinese states to groups of Japanese forces to Mongol imperial hordes ...

The British Museum has received a historic gift: a private collection of Chinese ceramics valued at around £1 billion ...

Kobayashi notes that while the Imperial Household Museum records identify ... by hunters in the mountains of Nara Prefecture in 1905. Modern scientific study progressed in tandem with Japan’s rapid ...

The stylish all-electric lightweight motorcycle is targeting a new niche that is becoming increasing popular: Affordable, ...

Michiko is the first commoner to become empress in modern Japanese history ... In this photo provided by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan, its Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita ...

an associate professor of modern Japanese history at Nagoya University, who researches Japan’s symbolic emperor system. A senior official for the Imperial Household Agency said, “The sum of ...

“Court Calligraphy” and “Imperial Patronage of the Arts.” The calligraphy exhibition features scrolls, letters and books ...

In 1900 a scholar jumped in a Beijing well out of shame. A palace consort died in a Forbidden City well too. Was she ...