Japan's Imperial system is said to have over 2,000 years of history. A closer look at the history reveals how the Imperial institution has shifted with the times, and with the people. At a time when there are only three heirs to the throne, a look is taken at what this could mean for the people of Japan and their Imperial system.

Tokyo Night Cruise on the Yurikamome Line The "Yurikamome" line, connecting Shimbashi and Toyosu, i...

In the year 1868, three young men join the elite Shogitai division of the Shogunate. The Shogitai fi...

Takeshi Kitano is an international icon. We know the actor, the multi-award-winning filmmaker, but m...

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events...

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Traces the rise of the company Suzuki Shoten from the 1880's to 1919. After the death of her husband...

A documentary that focuses on the craftspeople who continue to make salt with a technique called Age...

A Japanese food writer embarks on her quest to cook the perfect Sunday roast. Her gravy evokes a tas...

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power pl...

This is an elegant meditation on time, travel, and ceremony in the form of a journey. In her first f...

The world continues to look to Japan as a highly industrialized, future-oriented country that has re...

Hidden in the wooded mountains on the west coast of Japan lies the small Zen monastery Antaiji. A yo...
In Japan, a survivor of the 2011 tsunami turns beach debris into gorgeous jewelry.

Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in the history of Great Britain and the Commonwea...
Siblings Aru, age 3, and Kino, age 1, have 3 parents: father Fumino, who is transgender; mother Hono...

Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexualit...