The Tokyo residence of wartime Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe is now open to the public after extensive renovations to restore ...

The revival of a midcentury home places the work of the unsung architect Junzo Yoshimura in a new context. By Design takes a ...

During Hirohito’s reign, Japanese forces occupied ... in a ritual-bound, centuries-old ceremony attended by more than a hundred dignitaries from around the world. November 8, 2020 – Japan ...

62-year-old war veteran Okuzaki Kenzo is known to be an erratic and attention seeking man. He has made a declaration to assassinate Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei and was found shooting pachinko balls ...

The princess was the widow of Prince Mikasa, the youngest brother of the late Emperor Hirohito, posthumously ... forcing the family―including their 1-year-old daughter, Princess Yasuko―to ...

A 42-year-old American missionary ... The Japanese government announced last month that it would build for Emperor Hirohito a $26 million palace to replace one wrecked by Allied bombs during ...

TOKYO, JAPAN, March 02 — Converted steeplechaser Tadese Takele sped along a fast learning curve in the Tokyo Marathon as the ...

Old brick and stone dwellings line the first couple of hundred ... This structure was built ahead of the 1923 grand tour of Taiwan by Japanese Crown Prince Hirohito (posthumously honored as Emperor ...

In the words of General Curtis ‘Old Iron Pants’ LeMay ... One of the sticking points was the future role, if any, of the Japanese emperor. Unlike Hitler, Hirohito was not a dictator; his powers were ...

1994: Fred West is charged with two further murders following the discovery of more human remains in the garden of his Gloucester home, bringing the total at that point to three. On the same day, ...