Japanese lawmakers are close to a breakthrough that will ensure the years of strife and panic that plagued the Imperial ...

He took with him a mirror (symbol of Amaterasu) and a sword. His grandson, Jimmu Tenno, is regarded as the first Emperor of Japan from whom all the Emperors right up to the present day have been ...

In good time, the Sun Goddess’ great-great-grandson, Jimmu, became Japan’s first emperor. He commanded his descendants to bring all the eight corners of the universe under the one roof of Japan.

Japan’s legendary founding by Emperor Jimmu in 660 BCE marks its traditional origin, though historical records confirm the Yamato state by the 3rd century CE. With a continuous imperial line ...

Japan observes 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐨𝐤𝐮 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨 𝐇𝐢 (建国記念の日), marking the legendary ascension of Emperor Jimmu, the nation’s first emperor, in 660 BC.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family prayed on Wednesday in Okinawa for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II that was fought on the southern ...

“The Emperor of Gladness” (out now from Penguin Random House) is the Oprah book club pick for May. It’s Vuong’s second novel, having previously published “On Earth We’re Briefly ...