At the heart of the celebration is Kyoto’s Yasaka Shrine, a Shinto site whose principal deity has long been revered as a ...

Japan said on Tuesday it had protested to China against live-fire drills in its exclusive economic zone, ​drawing an angry ...

Though the plotters did not succeed in killing Chaplin, they successfully murdered liberal Japanese prime minister Tsuyoshi Inukai, paving the way for a future military government.

The movement gained momentum following leaks of high-stakes exams and drew wider attention after police forcibly moved hunger ...

Korean culture has become part of everyday life around the world. Former U.S. President Barack Obama nodded along as children ...

The Japan Imperial Family continues to shrink; as of this writing, it only has 16 members. Yet, a new law passed in July 2026 ...

Nationwide opinion polls in Japan have suggested broad public support for a female emperor, but some conservative political ...

The Japanese parliament has approved a bill to relax imperial succession rules, amid concerns over the dwindling size of the ...

The second live-action Golden Kamuy film, Abashiri Prison Raid, begins streaming globally on Netflix today, July 13, 2026 — delivering to international audiences what no academic institution, museum, ...

The debate over the future of Japan’s Imperial Household, which has been inching forward for years through committees, expert panels, and discreet meetings, took a turn this week. The Japanese ...

In Japan, an issue that “should never be politicized” is becoming a political issue. Under current law, only three male members of the imperial family are eligible to succeed to the throne, and the ...