Japan hs held a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, listed in July as a UNESCO World Heritage site after the ...

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

Seoul belatedly announced it had voiced “regret” over Japan’s handling of the Sado mine memorial, but did not lodge an official protest or explain what about Japan’s “attitude” it saw as regrettable ...

Harbour Reach, Imperial Wharf, SW6 for £3,500 pcm. Marketed by Benham and Reeves - Imperial Wharf, Imperial Wharf ...

The funeral of Princess Yuriko of Mikasa, who died on Nov. 15 at the age of 101, was held at a cemetery in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo ...

The Tokyo High Court called the ongoing ban “a groundless legal discrimination ... another issue also stalled by the LDP for decades. The U.N. committee also urged Japan to revise the male-only ...

A Second High Court Rules That Japan's Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Is ... Japan to revise the male-only succession rule under the Imperial House Law to allow a female emperor. Hayashi called the ...

The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has recommended that the Japanese government amend the Imperial House Law, which limits the Imperial succession to male offspring ...

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 ...

Japan has lodged a protest with a U.N. human rights watchdog that called for reviewing a domestic law that limits imperial succession to male heirs on the emperor's father side, the top government ...