With the Shogun, all real military and political power rested. The shift from the Imperial Court to the Shogun marked the ...

A second Japanese high court ruled Wednesday that the government's policy against same-sex marriage ... The U.N. committee ...

23 overturned a lower court ruling and ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to 16 plaintiffs, including former “comfort women” of the Imperial Japanese Army. In the lawsuit ...

South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday handed a suspended prison sentence to a former lawmaker who was found guilty of ...

A second Japanese high court ruled Wednesday that the ... also urged Japan to revise the male-only succession rule under the Imperial House Law to allow a female emperor. Hayashi called the ...

Following the critical and commercial success of "Ghost of Tsushima," a video game centered on the Mongol invasions of Japan, ...

TOKYO — A second Japanese high court ruled Wednesday that the government ... to revise the male-only succession rule under the Imperial House Law to allow a female emperor.

The Tokyo High Court called the ongoing ban ... The U.N. committee also urged Japan to revise the male-only succession rule under the Imperial House Law to allow a female emperor.

Her death reduces Japan’s rapidly dwindling imperial family to 16 people, and only 4 men, as the country faces questions about the future under a male-only succession law. By The Associated ...

The cherry blossom season, Japan's traditional sign of spring ... The records from Kyoto go back to 812 AD in imperial court documents and diaries. The city has experienced an unusually warm ...

The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Tuesday recommended that Japan revise its Imperial House Law to ensure gender equality. In its concluding observation of a ...

The Imperial Japanese Army demolished Unit 731 facilities ... the unit’s activities as recognized by the Tokyo District Court ruling. Still, discussions are ongoing about what to do with the ...