TOKYO -- More than 70% of respondents to a weekend Mainichi Shimbun survey said they have positive feelings toward Emperor Naruhito, who ascended to the throne on May 1 following his father Emperor ...

“A wish! A wish!” cried a be-sandaled, be-kimonoed woman to His Imperial Majesty Emperor Hirohito as his automobile slowed up to enter the palace gates. Stalwart police seized her; the Emperor passed ...

WHEN an ordinary citizen teaches officials about the reverence of the state, it is necessary to reconsider the administrative system that governs any state. Here, we say administrative because it is ...

Descendants of the Yan and Huang Emperors from across China and around the world gathered beneath Dinghu Peak to pay tribute to their ancestor. In honoring the past and remembering the sages, the ...