Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616) was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, or military government, which maintained effective rule over Japan from 1600 until 1867.The period from 1477 unt...
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The 17th-century Nijo Castle, one of the historic monuments in
Kyoto and its vicinity on UNESCO's World Heritage list, has been
found to be part...
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China proposes starting N. Korea nuke talks on July 18
BEIJING - China has proposed to countries involved in the
six-way talks on North Korea's denuclearization to hold a meeting...
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Japanese castles originally built in the 17th century or earlier
are the focus of attention among young, middle-aged and elderly
Japanese, as well as foreign tourists.
Billed as the castle...
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For Japanese icon Toshiro Mifune, the movie camera always acted as his portal to new worlds.But his trek to stardom wasn't easy. As a war veteran in 1945, he wandered the bombed-out streets of Toky...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
LEAD: Nijo Castle lacks sufficient quake resistance
