The artists, musicians and writers pushing past decades of historical erasure. By Hannah Beech THE STORY GOES that the Japanese imperial family, which claims the world’s longest unbroken royal ...

Korea was a colony of Japan for 36 years, from 1910 to the end of World War II in 1945. However, ... the sun goddess and ancestor of the Japanese imperial family.

The Kim family has ruled North Korea since 1948. Photos show Kim Jong Un's relatives, from his grandfather to his daughter, ...

Japan's royal family wrapped up a two day visit to Okinawa Thursday, where they paid respects to the victims of a World War II-era Japanese evacuation ship that was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine.

S. Korea's 'imperial presidency': how it became threat to democracy. Published : Jan. 22, ... Roh Moo-hyun, confronted with investigations of family corruption, took his own life.

Japan's imperial family honored the war dead in Okinawa on Wednesday, where the last major battle of World War II occurred 80 years ago, from April 1 to June 22, 1945.

Tokyo — Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said.

Since Korea’s democratic transition in 1987, the norm solidified that a president would not invoke Article 77 except in the direst circumstances of a war or war-like emergency.

Yoon without exception is facing the curse of Korean presidency owing to family members or acquaintances riding on imperial power. After liberation from Japanese colonial rule, Korea came to choose ...

The princess was visiting the South American nation for public events to mark the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations ...

Princess Yuriko of Japan, the Imperial Family’s eldest member, died at 101 years old on Nov. 15 at a Tokyo hospital. Her health had taken a sharp decline after a stroke and pneumonia in March of ...

Korea was a colony of Japan for 36 years, from 1910 to the end of World War II in 1945. However, there is a distinct lack of information available about this period, especially in English.