Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan This update includes detailed ... A 360-degree virtual tour of the Imperial Palace offers a rare opportunity to experience its historic halls and ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted New Year’s well-wishers who gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo Thursday ... Long — But It's Home to Medieval Castles, Alpine Villages ...

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That's because the Imperial Palace is home to the Emperor of Japan and his immediate family. And before that, it was the residence for some of Japan's most important figures, including Emperor ...

Visiting the Hommaru Palace at Nagoya Castle is a study in ... you get a lesson in court etiquette and status in feudal Japan. Visitors would have been welcomed at a thatched entrance, then ...

Japan's Imperial Household Agency has overhauled its website. Its new features include 360-degree views of the palace interior. The agency set up a public relations office last fiscal year that ...

helping to raise silkworms at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Masako is carrying on a tradition with a thread said to date back 15 centuries, the Japanese imperial family's cultivation of silkworms ...

Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted banzai — “live long” — while others waved ...

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted “banzai” — “long live” — ...