A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes ...

A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes ...

Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace was the seat of power for the Ottoman Empire for nearly 400 years. A vast 700,000-square-meter ...

A law set to pass Friday by Japan’s parliament could doom its 1,500-year-old hereditary institution by insisting that only ...

Japan’s parliament has enacted a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage males can become emperor ...

Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, Chen Kaige’s historical epic, Farewell My Concubine, spans fifty years of 20th-century Chinese history while shining a spotlight on the ...

Japan's Parliament revised the Imperial House Law to cement male-only succession, blocking Princess Aiko from inheriting the ...

As a high-ranking government official, he acknowledged the government’s role in running “comfort stations.” ...

Japan PM Takaichi says draft economic blueprint not cause of bond market rout Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday said she saw no link between her government's draft economic blueprint ...

Japan and Sweden have drawn at AT&T Stadium in Texas, clinching a berth in the knockout stage of the 2026 World Cup for both nations. Japan finish second in Group F with five points, while Sweden ...

Known as the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan's civilization dates as far back as 30,000 years. Today, the archipelago seamlessly blends its rich history with its ultramodern present. And while its ...