An historical park is being created in an area which in ancient times is thought to have held the seiden (main palace) and cloisters...
A recent booklet titled MIYOGAWARI takes on the range of rituals marking the changing of Japan’s era from Heisei to Reiwa. It aims to explain...
Naruhito Reports to the Imperial Ancestors as the New Emperor On Tuesday May 8, the series of spring rituals that began April 30 marking...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave an exclusive interview to The Sankei Shimbun on the first day of the Reiwa era (May 1), in which he...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his wishes for an early summit between Japan and North Korea to move towards the resolution of the decades-old...
I arrived in Japan in the summer of 1990, otherwise known as Heisei 2 nen, intending to be here one year. Twenty-nine years later, I remain...
While Japan is in a celebratory mood amid the era change, JAPAN Forward hit the streets to ask people some questions about this historical...
On the morning of May 1, Crown Prince Naruhito officially ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne and became the Emperor of Japan, marking the beginning of the...
Heisei Emperor Akihito stepped down on Tuesday, April 30, after 30 years on the Chrysanthemum Throne. Before that, he was already in the public eye...
Emperor Akihito, 125th ruler on Japan’s Chrysanthemum Throne, has announced the end of his reign Tuesday, April 30, in a ceremony called Taireiseiden no Gi, which started...
Leading up to the abdication of Emperor Akihito on April 30, JAPAN Forward is taking the opportunity to reflect in pictures on pivotal aspects...
Leading up to the abdication of Emperor Akihito on April 30, JAPAN Forward is taking the opportunity to reflect on pivotal aspects of the Heisei...