China repeatedly requested that Emperor Akihito visit after he ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1989. Diplomatic documents released by the Foreign Ministry on Dec. 20 stated that on Dec. 17 ...

The Foreign Ministry’s China Division in 1991 listed the pros and cons of arranging a visit to China by Emperor Akihito, including the possible impact on diplomatic relations around Asia.

He cannot make political statements or take political actions. Still, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, Naruhito’s father, played a role in postwar reconciliation as the emperor of the Heisei Era (1989 ...

A street entertainer who counts Tokyo’s Shibuya as his patch has only nice things to say to the people he meets. The middle-aged man does not rely on a costume or beg for coins. Instead, he ...

Part police procedural, part science fiction, Id follows a disgraced detective, Narihisago, who solves crimes by diving into a virtual reality constructed from residual cognitive particles.