According to the Constitution of November 3, 1946 (which came into force on May 3, 1947), Japan is a constitutional monarchy; eminently representative functions has the emperor – former absolute sovereign cloaked in a divine[…]

PREHISTORY Among the oldest finds in Japan are the splinter and double-sided industries found in Sozudai, on the island of Kyūshū (southern Japan) which could date back to about 70,000 years ago. Slightly more recent[…]

HISTORY: FROM THE TAIRA CLAN TO 1478 After the Fujiwara fell, after an initial prevailing of the Taira clan it was the Minamoto who took the reins of power by defeating their rivals in the[…]

HISTORY: THE ENLIGHTENED GOVERNMENT OF MUTSUHITO The years known as Meiji (Illuminated Government, 1868-1912) are worthy of attention both for the internal history of Japan and for its foreign policy events that amazed the world[…]

The art of the Heian period (794-1185) takes place without the contributions of Chinese culture, thus favoring the development of indigenous styles according to the refined taste of aristocratic society as it manifested itself in[…]

Yearbook 1998 Japan. According to Countryaah, the capital of Japan is Tokyo. Japan’s financial crisis of 1997 harmed even more victims among politicians and officials during the year. In January, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka resigned[…]