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 ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

This marked the young princess’s first official visit to the shrine, dedicated to Shoken (1849-1914) and her husband, Emperor Meiji (1852-1912), the first emperor of modern Japan. Aiko ...

In January 1904, the situation between Japan and Russia had grown tense. The Emperor Meiji is deeply concerned, for Russia has started to build an invincible fortress at Port Arthur, and the ...