Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have visited a school for people with low vision in Shiga Prefecture. The school is the prefecture's only institution specializing in education for students with ...

A stone inscription found on the Tibetan Plateau recording a hitherto unknown expedition sent by China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang in 210BC is genuine, China’s National Cultural Heritage ...

Leaders who held significant titles have shaped and governed human societies throughout history. Two of the most prominent titles to denote supreme authority are king and emperor. Beyond both symbols ...

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offered prayers Friday for the victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki in the closing days of World War II. Led ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has harvested new rice grown at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, as part of an annual event. In May, the Emperor planted two varieties of rice in the roughly 240-square-meter ...

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, commemorating 80 years since Tokyo’s defeat in World War II. The spread of images using edited photos of the late emperor, posthumously known in Japan as Emperor Showa, in which he is portrayed, for ...

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2025. (Kyodo) BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Videos ridiculing Japan's wartime emperor, Hirohito, have ...

Post-rock titans Godspeed You! Black Emperor have pulled their entire discography from streaming services, leaving Bandcamp as the only platform where fans can access their catalog digitally. The move ...

Godspeed You! Black Emperor have joined the ever-growing list of artists that have removed their music from Spotify. The Canadian post-rock band have also taken their entire catalog off Tidal as well.

Experimental rock fans who use Spotify have suffered yet another loss. Just a few weeks after Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu each announced their intent to remove their music from Spotify — citing Daniel Ek’s ...

Being a Roman emperor was a risky job. It wasn't unusual for emperors to be killed by usurpers wanting to remove them from power. They also faced many health challenges, such as death from epidemics ...