At Hayama the black chariot of Death waited last week to speed heavenward the Son of Heaven, Yoshihito, the 123d Emperor of Japan. The long illness of His Majesty recently aggravated (TIME, Sept.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A respect for traditional ingredients is changing the face of Japanese, and western, cosmetics. There was a time when we considered ...

For most people, the word "geisha" conjures visions of Kyoto's Gion district. But there is another major geisha centre, one that even many Japanese don't know.

When you think geisha girl you instantly think kimono, china doll make-up, chopsticks in the hair and impractical platform shoes. But these retouched 19th century photos taken during Japan's Meiji ...

Emperor Hirohito (1901-1989) If ever a ... the great Emperor Meiji , who presided over Japan's late-19th-century opening up to the West. ... Yoshida, whose mother was rumored to be a geisha, ...

Kiharu Nakamura, who has died in New York aged 90, was one of the last authentic Japanese geisha; she was also the first in her profession to learn English, and entertained distinguished visitors ...

Emperor Hirohito (1901-1989) If ever a ... the great Emperor Meiji , who presided over Japan's late-19th-century opening up to the West. ... Yoshida, whose mother was rumored to be a geisha, ...