Three decades later, the property was purchased by Shimizu and moved back to Tokyo. Boasting a ... designed from the late Edo Period (1603-1867) through the Meiji Era (1868-1912) to resemble ...

Nearly 1,000 trees are at risk of being felled in a rare oasis of greenery in central Tokyo to make way for redevelopment ... The leafy Meiji Jingu Gaien area so popular with Tokyoites stands ...

Japan had promised earlier to take steps to remember the victims, including many Koreans. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Through Charlie's magic, she time-travels to the Meiji era in Tokyo, where she meets and falls in love with various great historical figures from that time period.

Ueno Park is one of Tokyo's oldest public parks. Join us as we take a stroll around the grounds and unravel the story of the city's transition from the samurai era to a modern society. The ...

Asia Society presents a fresh look at the art of Japan’s Meiji era (1868-1912), a period of unprecedented cultural and technological transition, in the landmark exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of ...

It assumes prior study of the transition from the Tokugawa (Edo) era to the Meiji era, including: Commodore Perry’s arrival and resulting treaty, 1853-1854. Unequal treaties of 1858 with the United ...

The Meiji period, which lasted for the life of the Meiji emperor ... From Hirobumi Ito, Commentaries on the Constitution of the Empire of Japan. Trans. Miyoji Ito. Tokyo: Igirisu-horitsu gakko, 22nd ...

UKIHA, Fukuoka -- The former residence of a wealthy family here is a showcase of elaborate design, speaking to the present from its presumed completion time in the late Meiji era (1868-1912).

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 ...