Because of its significant importance in Japanese society, admittance to the site is hard to get (you have to put in your application several weeks in advance) and access inside the actual palace ...

Notably, this marks the first major update since 2010, highlighting the contrast between Japan’s technological ... not a deity destined to live behind palace walls. Akihito actively sought ...

Japanese Palace is also credited as Fort Worth’s first sushi restaurant. In 1989 Pam expanded the dining room to add a full sushi bar, showcasing rolls and sashimi to then skeptical guests.

In the afternoon, the Emperor and Empress received congratulatory greetings from foreign ambassadors to Japan. Following the ... the public at the Imperial Palace, a New Year’s event that ...

Japan's Emperor and Empress have hosted the first banquet at the Imperial Palace in six years to welcome Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife as state guests. Emperor ...