This visit served as a statement of the wealth and stability of shogunal rule. In 1867, the 15th Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu summoned the senior vassals from 40 domains who were resident in Kyoto to ...

TOKYO, Japan - 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 its male-only imperial succession rules.

Osaka is in the middle of a hotel boom leading up to the World Expo, which takes place between April and October 2025. One of ...