While Ghost of Yotei has been confirmed to take place in Ezo, it could still take Atsu to the mainland for some unique ...

At the top was the Emperor, who was considered the undisputed ruler of Japan but held little actual ... which held power during the entire Edo Period between 1603 and 1868. Yoshii Toranaga is ...

Miyazaki Prefecture in eastern Kyūshū, once known as Hyūga (literally meaning “sunward”), has close associations with the age of the gods and the legendary beginnings of Japan as a nation.

Japanese people could not grow to their physical potential. In the Edo Period (1603-1867), the average height for men was estimated at 157 cm. The first ban was imposed in 675 by Emperor Tenmu ...

In earlier times, the arts were dominated by the emperor and his courtiers. This changed in the Muromachi period, however ... shogun and established the last of Japan’s major warrior governments, the ...

reveals that Western modernization and the demand for exports influenced Japanese ceramics during the transitional period of the late Edo period to the Meiji period.

including Emperor Meiji (credited for modernizing Japan) and rulers during the Edo Period (the time period before Japan was modernized by Meiji). Because of its significant importance in Japanese ...

April 7 (UPI) --Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived at Iwo Jima Monday as they begin a tour of memorial visits this month to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.