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

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 ...

As defeat loomed, Japan turned to Nazi Germany for help—and requested one of their most feared weapons: the Tiger Tank. This is the bizarre story of the tank that never saw battle. IRS Deadline ...

A Symbol of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia When archaeologists found clay jars with inscriptions dating back to 2400 BCE, they changed everything we know about the origins of writing.

To many in neighbouring Asian countries, the legacy these Osaka Imperial Army and Navy re-enactors are trying to preserve is controversial, offensive and even sinister. In Germany, such activities ...

(Photo: Kyodo/via REUTERS) TOKYO: Japan’s Prince Hisahito, the second in line to become emperor, is the imperial family's last hope for its long-term survival. Hisahito, who turned 18 last ...

Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to the country's male-only imperial succession rule. The unusual step comes ...

Japan to Halt Funding for a UN Women's Rights Panel Over Call to End Male-Only Imperial Succession TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations ...

An anonymous Japanese American blogger, who goes by the online handle "tpjv86b," has been translating this content into English as part of his Exposing Imperial ... his own background was that ...

The ambassador also noted the deep connections between Japan and Sri Lanka through the Japanese Imperial family’s goodwill visit to then Ceylon in March 1921 when His Majesty the Emperor Showa, His ...

Tokyo [Japan], November 1 (ANI/WAM): Japan has lodged a protest with a UN human rights watchdog that called for reviewing a domestic law that limits imperial succession to male heirs on the ...

The historical epic set in Imperial Japan claimed 19 awards, the most ever for a single drama season, including best drama and acting awards for leads Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai. Another ...