Princess Akiko, Princess Yoko and Princess Tsuguko, the great-granddaughters of Emperor Taisho, have leveraged their unique ...

The book Vuong is trying to make sense of is The Emperor of Gladness, which, to be fair to its author, is sprawling. It ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted a dinner on May 15 at the Imperial Palace for Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, who ...

Crown Prince Akishino’s only son, Prince Hisahito, is the youngest heir to the Imperial throne. Prior to Prince Hisahito’s ...

High school student Kayla Ling was inspired to create a documentary film by Japanese American families like that of Ted ...

And It Could Help Future Medicine Scientists have just made a fascinating discovery about the roots of the Japanese people.

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

Akio Toyoda’s $42 billion plan to buyout Toyota Industries Corp. is the most dramatic example of a growing trend in Japan of founding families trying to take companies private.

Shozo Sato, founder of Japan House and Professor Emeritus, has died at 91, Japan House announced in a Facebook post on ...

Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito will be admitted to hospital for heart tests on Tuesday, public broadcaster NHK reported, ...

Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito will undergo heart tests at a hospital after an unspecified problem was detected during a ...

TOKYO, May 2 (Xinhua) -- An employee at Japan's Imperial Palace has been dismissed for allegedly stealing cash totaling 3.6 million yen (about 24,900 U.S. dollars) set aside for personal expenses for ...