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

According to legend, the first emperor of Japan was the warrior-king Jimmu, believed to be the great-grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu. It is for this reason that, in Japanese, the emperor is ...

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.

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 ...

Mythology, recognised by the Imperial House, has the legendary Emperor Jimmu, said to be a descendant of a sun goddess and a storm god, as the first of 126 Japanese emperors leading up to the ...

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.

It was built by the Yongle emperor, the third Ming ruler (r. 1403-1424). He declared himself emperor and consolidated his power in Beijing, moving the capital some 620 miles from Nanjing in 1403.

Emperor Naruhito, right, shakes hands with Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 19, 2025. (Pool photo) Emperor Naruhito, right, stands alongside Bulgarian ...