TOKYO -- Near the Imperial Palace in the heart of Tokyo ... of bases for antiaircraft machine cannons installed during World War II to defend the Imperial Palace. According to records created ...

Japanese lawmakers are close to a breakthrough that will ensure the years of strife and panic that plagued the Imperial ...

the 78th anniversary of Japan's surrender at the end of World War II, Kato paid his respects to his grandfather. Yasukuni is a sprawling Shinto shrine beside the moat of the Imperial Palace in the ...

When it comes to scenic spots in Tokyo, Chidorigafuchi, the moat that surrounds the Imperial Palace, is consistently ranked ... as a way to bring comfort to people after World War II. Due to the ...

Tokyo — Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family ... months before the start of World War II. She has recounted ...