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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...