The Imperial Household Agency was given the Silver Creator Award for reaching 100,000 subscribers on its official YouTube channel for public outreach, a surprising milestone for a monarchy that ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako ... to accompany them on her first trip to the prefecture, the Imperial Household Agency said Wednesday. After arriving in ...

Nearly two-thirds of respondents think female members of the imperial family should retain ... during the ongoing session of the Diet, Japan's parliament.

Reports from Japan, quoting defense officials in deep background, have said the country ... as “Reppu” (Strong Wind/Gale), after a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy fighter.

(CNN) — Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito will be admitted to hospital for heart tests on Tuesday, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing the Imperial Household Agency. Akihito, 91, who is ...

Ahn Jung-geun is best known for his dramatic assassination of Japan's first prime minister in 1909 at a railway station.

which were then brought back to Japan as war injury specimens; the other involved Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department of the Imperial Japanese Army, also known as Unit 731, which was ...

In October 2024, the United Nations’ top gender equality body, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against ...

Tokyo (CNN) — An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the government to solve the nation’s rice crisis.