Sackler Gallery through March 8. Organized by the Imperial Household Agency, the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Japan Foundation and the Freer and Sackler galleries, "Twelve Centuries of ...

The footage from U.S. archives of the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy was released in ... “It is a rare color movie, and the ship is highly possibly the Yamato,” said Kazushige Todaka ...

The wedding of Japanese Princess Ayako to the commoner Kei Moriya seals her departure from the Imperial Family. Despite the auspicious occasion, many in Japan are concerned about maintaining the ...

The garment is only allowed to be worn by the Emperor and it is believed its reddish-brown color represents the sun. Chamberlains carrying the sacred sword and jewel, ancient Imperial treasures ...