Japanese politics has reached a major turning point. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito suffered a crushing ...

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age ...

Japan’s long-time ruling party, lacked what young people might call “rizz”. Released last month, the 44-second video features ...

Japan's government is holding top-secret meetings to decide a new era name for soon-to-be-emperor Naruhito, the crown prince who will succeed the Chrysanthemum throne from his father May 1.

TOKYO — It’s the end of an era, and the new one already has a name. The Japanese government on Monday officially unveiled the name of the imperial era set to begin on May 1, the day after the ...

Eras are about more than who is the emperor of the day. They are also, for example, the basis of the Japanese calendar system: 2018 was Heisei 30, coming three decades after the era began.

Japan has had 247 era names since the system was instituted in 645, but it was not until the start of the Meiji era in 1868 that a single era name has been used for a single emperor. ...

Japan's new emperor has a reign name for his era. "Reiwa," means "beautiful harmony," and is derived from ancient Japanese poetry. Some see it as a snub of China, but pride in Japan's culture is ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walks past the name of new era "Reiwa" on display at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo, Monday, April 1, 2019.

Eras are about more than who is the emperor of the day. They are also, for example, the basis of the Japanese calendar system: 2018 was Heisei 30, coming three decades after the era began.