The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way of ...

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Emperor Naruhito ... According to the Imperial Household Agency, the family will arrive in the prefecture on a special aircraft on June 4 and travel to former ...

It is the first in this country in 25 years "to celebrate so extensively" the prolific Japanese artist Utagawa ... Born into "a low-ranking samurai family" in Edo (now Tokyo), Hiroshige became ...

The family will then see an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of Ocean Expo 1975, which was organized to mark Okinawa's handover to Japan from the United States in 1972. They will also ...

During the trip, they will pray for the more than 200,000 people who lost their lives eight decades ago in the Battle of Okinawa, the largest ground battle in Japan during World War II.

Anyone with aging relatives will know what it’s like trying to find the perfect present for someone who’s renounced earthly attachments and already has all the socks they’ll ever need.

His formal inauguration to the title will be held at Zojoji temple in the Shiba district of Tokyo’s Minato Ward, which is home to the family’s mausoleum. The development comes as Japan ...

The Royal Family joined veterans and politicians at ... although the war against Japan would continue until August 15 that year. During today's service ten-year-old Alexander Churchill, the ...

Miyazawa, 89, and Matsumori have made a promise to fill in the blank eyes when police catch the person who killed Miyazawa’s son and his family 20 years ago. As an MPD detective, Matsumori was ...