Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

February 19, 1942, is significant in American history whereby U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. It gave the U.S. Army authority during World War II to remove Japanese ...

The Japanese calendar is filled with traditional annual events, including religious and agricultural rituals as well as seasonal festivals, many of which retain cultural importance today.

NHK spoke with an expert on Japan's Imperial system and the importance of era names. Japanese calendars often show Gengo as well as the western era The era name, Gengo in Japanese, is used ...

are expected to hit various parts of Japan. The official start of summer, called “rikka,” is May 5. In conventional years, it is only the start of summer under the traditional calendar.