You'd think the Imperial Palace would be mobbed with tourists, but it's not. You can credit the lack of crowds to an application policy, which limits the number of visitors. That's because the ...

Poems written by imperial family members and guests were recited in a traditional style at the ceremony in the palace's Matsu ...

Tokyo to ensure no funding goes to Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women, says foreign ministry - Anadolu ...

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko watched the Imperial Guard's New Year review ceremony ...

Emperor Naruhito composed a poem about the aspirations of children he has met around Japan for the annual New Year Poetry ...

The tower doesn't quite scrape the skyline like the 59-meter-high main keep of Edo Castle once did, but the miniature version of it now at Tokyo's Imperial Palace is still nothing to sneeze at ...

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

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted “banzai ...

Located 700 meters west of Tokyo Station, this is one of the older hotels in the city, located in a prime spot facing the eastern moat of the Imperial Palace grounds. All rooms have lovely views ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted “banzai ...