University of Guam professor emerita of Japanese language, Toyoko Poong-Ja Kang, has been awarded “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette,” according to the Consulate-General of ...

Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he’s Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, ...

€200,000-400,000), his personal gold and ebony imperial seal seized by the Prussians after his final defeat at Waterloo (estimate: €150,000-250,000) and a specially designed portable ...

The seal was born on Feb. 22. His name stemmed from the fact that his birthday has five 2s, which can be pronounced as “nigo” (two and five), similar to niko in Japanese. The aquarium also ...

Reserved for the highest honors, it served as the medium for gifts of reverence, emblems of merit, and imperial Seals of State ... Pin Carved entirely from jade, this full-size emperor’s carriage is a ...

The Emperor attended a national tree-planting festival in Saitama Prefecture, on Sunday, where he underlined the need to protect the country’s forests and use them responsibly. In his remarks, the ...