Twice, the band performs original musical settings of poetry from the Tang dynasty, an era often considered a “golden age” of ...

From Roman "fish scale" armor to Japanese samurai suits, these examples of battle armor were designed to protect and impress.

He was the product of half a century of freedom struggle, moulded by men like Gandhi, by imperial Britain ... In the ...

Japan’s conservatives have denounced a recent United Nations committee recommendation urging the nation to change its laws to allow a woman to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne, accusing it of ...

Imperial family members are paying visits to ... Princess Yuriko’s granddaughter, Princess Akiko, returned to Japan from Britain on Saturday morning after having been informed of her condition ...

Japan's Imperial Household Agency says 101-year-old Princess Mikasa, whose given name is Yuriko, is in deteriorating condition with declining organ functions. The princess is the widow of Prince ...

Oita, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended the 43rd national marine convention, held in the southwestern city of Oita, the capital of the namesake prefecture ...

Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China. This paper studies the relationship between military conflicts and state-building in pre-imperial China ...

The photographer's desire was fueled by her many conversations with Teruhisa Kitahara about his love for what was previously a villa of the former Prince Takeda, who seceded from the imperial ...

European countries expanded their colonies in Asia and Africa. By the mid-19th century, the western powers had forced the Qing dynasty of China and Japan to open their doors and then asked the same of ...

And Trump has their entire party under his thumb. The US presidency has long been described as imperial, but Trump will be making himself even more powerful than most Roman emperors. Consider just ...

The operator of the Imperial Hotel chain announced it will open a luxury hotel under the same name in Kyoto in spring 2026 by renovating a historic landmark in the ancient city's Gion traditional ...