By Damian Flanagan There is a curious historical footnote that tends to be forgotten about the Japanese imperial expansion of ...

Horse racing also has ancient Japanese roots, with recorded history tracing back to 701 A.D. during Emperor Mommu’s reign.

Japan’s Princess Kako of Akishino, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, received the highest order of Brazil’s powerhouse state of Sao Paulo on Friday as she kicks off an 11-day trip to the South American nat ...

Cut off, outgunned, and surrounded—yet they fought on. In December 1941, a tiny garrison of U.S. Marines held off the full force of the Imperial Japanese Navy in one of WWII’s most defiant last stands ...

Shingo Akikuni is best known as the chef at SHINGO, a one-Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant in Miami. He grew up in Japan ...

Japan's royal family wrapped up a two day visit to Okinawa Thursday, where they paid respects to the victims of a World War ...

Short on cash to tip a bellboy in a Tokyo hotel, Einstein wrote two notes with life advice on hotel stationery that sold at ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have visited Okinawa to pray for the war dead ahead of the 80th anniversary marking ...

Wednesday is the 83rd anniversary of the Battle of Midway, which turned the tide against the Japanese during World War II, ...

TOKYO -- TOKYO (AP) — Former Japanese princess Mako Komuro has given birth to her first child, palace officials confirmed ...

The daughter of Prince Fumihito, Emperor Naruhito's brother, left her native country and the royal institution almost four ...

Japan’s Imperial House Law, which stipulates the line of succession and other matters related to the imperial family, states that a female member who marries anybody other than a member of the ...