Japan said it would not fund a UN women's rights committee and suspended a member's visit over calls for the nation to change ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, in a poem recited at the annual New Year's Poetry Reading on Wednesday, expressed how he was ...

Japan's Empress Emerita Michiko, from left, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, Princess Aiko, Crown Prince Akishino, Crown Princess Kiko and Princess Kako wave at well ...

Might the ancient Israelites and their wives and ... There are those who claim that the Mikado, the Japanese emperor, is a descendant of the Hebrew tribe of Gad. 'Mikado' recalls the Hebrew ...

He has researched ancient water transportation since he ... For the first time in modern history, Japan has an Emperor and Emperor Emeritus at the same time. Some have raised concerns it could ...

The Japanese government decided on January 28 to recommend archaeological sites in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, to ...

Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s male-only imperial succession rule should be revised from gender-equality ...

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