Japan is just days away from learning the name of its next Imperial era. When Emperor Akihito abdicates at the end of April it will bring an end to the current Heisei era. A day later ...

On April 1, the Japanese ... one era name for each Emperor's reign, but until about 150 years ago, it was common for the names to be changed multiple times for a variety of reasons. The Imperial ...

You'd think the Imperial Palace ... for some of Japan's most important figures, including Emperor Meiji (credited for modernizing Japan) and rulers during the Edo Period (the time period before ...

Masako is carrying on a tradition with a thread said to date back 15 centuries, the Japanese imperial family's cultivation of silkworms to produce exquisite silk. With the start of the Reiwa Era ...