While Ghost of Yotei has been confirmed to take place in Ezo, it could still take Atsu to the mainland for some unique ...

The end of the Edo Period brought forth several innovations ... the foremost leading arms designer in industrial Japanese history and baron to Emperor Meiji himself, the standard infantry weapon ...

Japanese people could not grow to their physical potential. In the Edo Period (1603-1867), the average height for men was estimated at 157 cm. The first ban was imposed in 675 by Emperor Tenmu ...

It costs only a few hundred yen to explore this carefully reconstructed neighborhood from the late Edo period (1603-1867) — a time when samurai strolled the streets and merchants sold rice and ...

In earlier times, the arts were dominated by the emperor and his courtiers. This changed in the Muromachi period, however ... shogun and established the last of Japan’s major warrior governments, the ...

April 7 (UPI) --Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived at Iwo Jima Monday as they begin a tour of memorial visits this month to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.