The Kawasaki Ki-3 was a transitional aircraft - a rugged biplane bomber that bridged the gap between World War I designs and ...

I was bewildered that The Tale of Genji had such a hold on me at this particular moment: It is a wild, confounding work that ...

FUKUOKA—Volunteer divers started a full-scale search off Fukuoka Prefecture on Aug. 19 for remains and belongings from a ...

Russia has held a ceremony to commemorate a victory by former Soviet Union troops over the now-defunct Imperial Japanese ...

Sen Soshitsu XV, who has died aged 102, was known in Japan as the 15th Urasenke Grand Tea Master and descendant of Sen Rikyu, the Japanese sage who perfected chado – “the way of tea”, commonly known ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, center, and Empress Masako wave to well-wishers from the balcony of the Imperial Palace as Crown Princess Kiko, far left, Crown Prince Akishino, and Naruhito and Masako ...

Japan’s 1947 Imperial House Law allows only males to take the Japanese throne, and forces female royal family members who marry commoners to lose their royal status, as has happened recently ...

Video draws parallel between Japanese naval incursions and the Fujian’s readiness to enter service, days before Beijing’s ...

New evidence detailing the atrocities committed by Unit 731, the notorious germ warfare detachment of the Imperial Japanese ...

Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi shares how Shinto influenced the development of emperor worship and the ways Christians responded.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko will visit Nagasaki next month, the last in a ...