It’s been quite the unusual year, especially for the newly-enthroned Emperor of Japan, who ascended the Chrysanthemum throne on May 1, 2019, starting the new...
Questions have been raised as to whether Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement ceremony violated the separation of political and religious institutions established by the Constitution. Criticism...
Emperor Naruhito carried out the most traditional and important of the rituals to becoming emperor of Japan, the Daijosai, starting from the evening of...
How many times does one think, “If I don’t see this event now, I might never get a chance to see one again”? ...
The Japanese people en masse were finally able to greet the new Reiwa Emperor in a public parade through the streets of Tokyo on Sunday,...
(UPDATED, as of 2:50 P.M., October 22) It was a big day of celebration in Japan as Naruhito, the 126th ruler on the Chrysanthemum throne, ascended...
(UPDATED after the ceremony) The enthronement ceremony for Emperor Naruhito, called Sokuirei-Seiden-no-Gi, took place on Tuesday afternoon, October 22, and was witnessed in person by...
Kashihara Jingu in Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture — a shrine dedicated to the first emperor of Japan, Emperor Jimmu — will open some of...
Japan entered the new Reiwa Era earlier this year as then-Emperor Akihito abdicated on April 30 to become Emperor Emeritus and his son Naruhito ascended...
Naruhito Reports to the Imperial Ancestors as the New Emperor On Tuesday May 8, the series of spring rituals that began April 30 marking...
As Japan enters a new era, JAPAN Forward reflects — in pictures — on pivotal aspects of the rule of the Heisei Emperor, Akihito, and...
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...