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

The Yatagarasu is a messenger of the gods that guided the first emperor, Emperor Jimmu, from Wakayama to Nara. Guided by the Yatagarasu, Emperor Jimmu won the battle in Nara and founded the ...

Akihito was the 125th Emperor of Japan, a direct descendant of Japan’s first emperor Jimmu, circa 660 BC. Japan is the only country in the world where the monarch holds the title of Emperor.

as the lineal descendant of the first and prehistoric Emperor Jimmu of Japan (circa 660-585 B. C.). Though the Emperor Jimmu is still believed to be the fifth in descent from the Sun-Goddess ...

According to the traditional account, the country was founded by Emperor Jimmu in 660 BC, but he is now understood to be a legendary figure believed to have been a descendant of the sun goddess ...

The country’s first Emperor, Jimmu, is a legendary figure believed to be a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu. Japan’s Royal Family has sought to pass on the genes of their ancestors and ...

Some die-hard traditionalists even claim the existence of a special Imperial “Y” chromosome carried generation after generation in the male line dating from the first emperor, Jimmu ...