KYOTO--Researchers here unearthed the stone foundations of a castle erected by 16th century warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi that earned the moniker “fabled castle” because it was destroyed in an earthquake ...

In June 1582, Oda Nobunaga appeared to be on the brink of unifying Japan when he was betrayed by his deputy Akechi Mitsuhide and forced to commit suicide at the temple of Honnōji near Kyoto. Another ...

Newly discovered historical documents suggest that feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598), who unified Japan, might have desired and actively sought recognition for his accomplishments. About ...

A statue of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the 16th-century warlord who unified Japan and launched the Japanese invasions of Korea, was found with its head broken off in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The discovery ...

The chief priest of Omiya Shrine talks about Japan's largest wooden statue of 16th century warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, which was recently found, at Omiya Shrine in Osaka's Asahi Ward in May 2020.

Japan, at last, was one — unified, united; no longer a splintered welter of “warring states” but an embryonic nation. The year, if it is to be pinned down to one, is 1590; the unifier, if one alone is ...

A tile featuring the Toyotomi family's goshichinokiri crest that was found in the dig at Kyoto Sento Imperial Palace is seen in this photo. (Mainichi/Ai Kawahira) KYOTO -- The remains of a stone wall ...

Here’s a beguiling irony: Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-98), architect of Tokugawa Japan’s rigid class structure and the author, in 1587, of a firm ban (not firmly enforced) on surnames for commoners, was ...

A current police officer has emerged as a suspect in connection with an incident in which statues, including the head of a statue of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, were damaged in a shopping district in Nagoya ...