Oct. 20, 2024 01:43 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s beloved former Empress Michiko received greetings from her relatives and palace officials to celebrate her 90th birthday Sunday as she steadily recovers from a broken leg, officials said.
Michiko is the first commoner to become empress in modern Japanese...
Aug. 19, 2024 04:08 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalized again overnight Monday.
“It is deplorable that an act seeking to denigrate the shrine’s dignity has happened again,” the shrine said in a...