Emperor Meiji (明治天皇, Meiji-tennō, 3 November 1852 – 30 July 1912), also called Meiji the Great (明治大帝, Meiji-taitei), or Meiji the Good (明治聖帝, Meiji-seitei), was the 122nd Emperor of Japan according to ...

It features buildings from Japan’s Meiji era (1868-1912), Taisho era (1912-1926) and early Showa era (1926-1989). Each of these periods begins with the coronation of a new emperor and usually ...

The other video piece shows Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako (1903-2000) visiting the Fushimi-Momoyama mausoleum of Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) in Kyoto on Feb. 27, 1924, to report on ...

posthumously known as Emperor Showa. Yuriko held the distinction of being the longest-living member of the imperial family since the Meiji Era (1868-1912). The last passing in the imperial family ...

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The Meiji shrine is a Shinto shrine that “was established in 1920, to commemorate the virtue of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken who took the initiative to make a foundation of modernized Japan ...

The rows of ginkgo trees with their yellow leaves are also famous. Meijijingu Gaien (outer gardens of Meiji Shrine) was constructed to pass down the achievements of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken.

Hideko Ito, a former member of Japan's lower house of parliament and the daughter of a military police officer who sent Chinese captives to Unit 731, the infamous Japanese germ-warfare detachment ...

The emperor penguin was malnourished, alone — and on a popular beach in southwest Australia, waddling through the sand more than 2,000 miles from its natural habitat. Visitors to Ocean Beach ...

In "Gladiator II," Denzel Washington plays Macrinus, the namesake of a historical emperor with a thrilling story. Roman Emperor Marcus Opellius Macrinus reigned from 217 to 218. He was born in ...

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