The Japanese monarch’s first state visit to Mongolia acknowledged the past while looking toward the future of the two ...

Japan’s 91-year-old former Emperor Akihito was hospitalized Monday to adjust his heart medication, palace officials said.

Democracies, perk up: centralizing power is a one-way ticket to a cliff. China’s one-man show thrives on silence—nobody dares call out the emperor when he’s stark naked. When Xi clung to zero-Covid, ...

Japan's 91-year-old former Emperor Akihito was hospitalised Monday to adjust his heart medication, palace officials said.

Britain had been shipping opium to China for years, but the amount grew exponentially once Queen Victoria assumed the throne. Thanks to the miracle ... government started cracking down severely. The ...

While serious historians suggest the concubine likely received lychees from a closer province, Sichuan, rather than distant Guangdong, either route posed immense difficulties during the time. The ...

Princess Kako of Japan attracted attention after a video showed her sleeping on an economy flight during a busy tour in ...

As with the European monarchs or the Roman emperors, the success of the Chinese emperors varied considerably, with some reigning over peace and prosperity and some seeming to preside over - or ...

There’s a number of terrifying reasons why scientist are too scared to open up a particular tomb. China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, is buried in the Shaanxi Province. You might not know his name, ...

* P’u-yi was born such in 1906. At the age of two, he ascended the throne, became what the Chinese used to call the Son of Heaven, or, plainly, Emperor of China. On becoming Emperor, he took the ...

During excavations of the tomb of ancient Chinese Emperor Liu He, archaeologists uncovered more than 6,000 pieces of fish-scale armor. Made of iron, copper, and leather, this find marks the first ...

Forensic tests have revealed that China's second-to-last emperor, Guangxu, died of arsenic poisoning 100 years ago this month, in the waning days of imperial China, according to a report published ...