The Imperial Household embraces the digital era with a revamped website featuring immersive views of the Imperial Palace and ...

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Emperor Naruhito composed a poem about the aspirations of children he has met around Japan for the annual New ... was the representative of the imperial family at the event this year.

During World War II, Force 136 agents fought bravely to defend their homeland. This is the story of one of them.

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Meet a blind girl on a mission to save the world, fasten your seatbelts for the ride of a lifetime, wrap up warm for a ...

Gardner’s isn’t just any used bookstore. This place is the Godzilla of bookstores – massive, awe-inspiring, and capable of ...

Learn all about the famous Seiko Tuna ✓ A historical overview of all professional Seiko Tuna watches from 1975 to today ✓ ...

April 1, 2019 – The Japanese government announces that Naruhito’s reign will be known as the “Reiwa” era. The era, whose name includes the character for “harmony,” will formally begin once the new ...

The Imperial House Law, set in 1947, states that only males in the family’s male line can become heirs to the throne. That leaves only three members who are eligible to succeed Emperor Naruhito: ...

A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...

(To my kids, a Japanese person is only someone dressed in a kimono.) Ben Groundwater and family in Japan.Credit: Ben Groundwater This is a nation I know very well, a place I have visited without ...