With Emperor Akihito of Japan abdicating, the Imperial Palace in Tokyo will open to the public this week – a rarity. Here’s a guide to visiting Japan’s royal residence.

With Emperor Akihito of Japan abdicating, the Imperial Palace in Tokyo will open to the public this week – a rarity. Here’s a guide to visiting Japan’s royal residence.

Starting on Tuesday June 2, the Imperial Palace has reopened after a two-month closure – with some new safety restrictions in place.

Photo: Kisa Toyoshima The new Wadakura Fountain Park Starbucks sits in the outer gardens of the Tokyo Imperial Palace and opened on Wednesday December 1.

Recently reopened, the Palace Hotel Tokyo makes the most of its green setting next to the Imperial Palace.

The new location, near the Imperial Palace, will be nearly twice the size of its current office, the person added. Point72, which manages $35.2 billion, opened an office in Japan in 2011 and has been ...

The hotel is in the financial district and easy walk from Tokyo Station. And the gardens of the Imperial Palace are right across the street, giving the hotel a lot of soothing nature views.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania are enjoying a six-course meal at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, where they are the first foreign guests of the Japanese emperor and empress.

A drone was also witnessed Thursday flying near the Musashi Imperial Graveyard in the city of Hachioji on the outskirts of Tokyo, where imperial family members including the great-grandfather and ...

But all of these are eclipsed by the Imperial Palace circuit. This unbroken belter of almost exactly 5k has evolved its own distinctive culture, and sends you on (mostly) broad pavements around ...

A bald, naked man who claimed he was a British tourist has been arrested after skinny-dipping in the moat of Japan's Imperial Palace.

A new plaza on the Marunouchi side of Tokyo Station was unveiled Thursday after years of construction, offering pedestrians a much improved promenade from the station to the Imperial Palace.