Nineteenth Century Charitable Association event features writer Nancy Matsumoto and the story of her poet grandparents who ...

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito gave a speech on the radio in which he announced the unconditional surrender of Japan to the Allied powers. Among many nationalistic Japanese, ...

A Japanese museum sporting nostalgia from 1920s through 1980s Japan opened last year in Tokyo’s Odaiba district, a virtual ...

In the final hours before Emperor Hirohito’s surrender announcement was to be broadcast, rebel officers launched a desperate ...

Discussions revolving around the imperial household system involving the two top officers of both Diet chambers as well as ...

A Journey through History and Time If I could time travel, I probably wouldn’t choose Japan during the late 15th- to early ...

The Odaiba Retro Museum brings Japan’s Shōwa era back to life, tapping into Tokyo’s growing love of analogue nostalgia.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday expressed eagerness for an early amendment to Japan's pacifist Constitution, as the ...

Filipino Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, one of Asia’s most prominent Catholic prelates, wrote an open letter to Americans and ...

A century ago, the great navies of the world built hundreds of battleships to project power on the high seas. Today, only 10 remain, preserved as museum ships.

On August 6, 1945, the atomic mission against Hiroshima began. The primary strike aircraft was the B-29 Enola Gay, piloted by ...

Japan’s hands have been tied militarily since it embraced a pacifist constitution in 1947, and the national debate to ...