Japan's oldest existing playhouse built in the Edo period (1603-1867) in this town in the western part of the country still stages･･･ ...

Tokyo, a bustling metropolis with a population of 14 million, was once known as Edo. The city’s transformation began over 400 ...

KAGOSHIMA -- Italian missionary Giovanni Battista Sidotti (1668-1714) landed on southwestern Japan's island of Yakushima in 1708, when the country was closed to foreigners in its "sakoku" period.