Emperor, as figurehead, remains in Kyoto with the court aristocracy ... 1467-1568: The 10 year-long Onin no Ran (Onin War) brings disintegration of central government, followed by the Sengoku Jidai ...

The Korean War, often referred to as "The Forgotten War," was fought from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. This website is dedicated to thanking and honoring all the veterans of the Korean War ...

Between the tens of millions of tourists visiting and the soft power success of films and drama series set in Japan, the country has never attracted so much attention. The impact on sales and other ...

Many of them hope to catch a glimpse of the iconic entertainers in Japan's two most popular destinations, Tokyo and Kyoto, as well as Kanazawa and Hakone. A geisha poses with her shamisen ...

MAIZURU, Kyoto Prefecture--A Japanese naval hero once ... Heihachiro Togo, who made his name in the Japanese-Russo War of 1904–1905 and served as the first commander of the base, as well ...

Kyoto is a true embodiment of Old Japan awash with beautiful vestiges of its past glory. Beyond the futuristic Kyoto Station, modern shopping complexes, and sleek luxury hotels, lies a city with ...

The Just War theory specifies conditions for judging if it is just to go to war, and conditions for how the war should be fought. Although it was extensively developed by Christian theologians ...

The U.S. built 17. American industry provided almost two-thirds of all the Allied military equipment produced during the war: 297,000 aircraft, 193,000 artillery pieces, 86,000 tanks and two ...

Both the Osaka and Kyoto works of architectural wonder leave ... The first was during the Onin no Ran war, which lasted from 1467-77, and the second was in 1950 by a fanatical monk with such ...

Throughout the war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has rattled his nuclear saber, and the U.S. has dismissed those threats as reckless, with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin calling ...

Fall Afternoon Tea at Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto While Yokota’s job is sweet-centric, she frequently thinks about how to reimagine traditionally savory dishes and flavors. This mindset is especial ...