Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward has reproduced a rare map from 1947 that shows how the postwar U.S. occupation of Japan had dominated and sprawled across the places locals walk past every day. It proved to ...

You'd think the Imperial Palace would be mobbed with tourists, but it's not. You can credit the lack of crowds to an application policy, which limits the number of visitors. That's because the ...

“I was able to enjoy the special atmosphere of the Imperial Palace as well as the different varieties of cherry blossoms,” said Kiyoko Hirose, 78, of Kawasaki just to the south of ...