The Japanese warrior commander Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598) completed the military unification of the country in the late 16th century and undertook two invasions of Korea in the 1590s.The period of...
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Japan's Imperial Household Agency plans to partially accept
decades-old requests from academics to make an on-site inspection of
imperial mausoleums, agency sources said Thursday.
The agen...
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Tourist associations in many parts of Japan are striving to
increase the number of tourists by organizing tour programs focusing
on the sights of their regions and offering travelers a one-of...
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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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Factories producing Arita ware ceramics, whose well-known
blue-and-white underglaze porcelain was exported briskly to Europe
between the mid-17th and mid-18th centuries, are producing tablewa...
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Academics to be allowed to inspect imperial mausoleums
