Even though it has pretty much gone out of style today, "Jimmu konokata" (literally, "since Emperor Jimmu") is probably the most hyperbolic expression ever coined in Japanese. When the Japanese ...

Traditionally, emperors were seen as descended from Shinto gods. The first emperor was Emperor Jimmu, who is said to have begun his reign and built an empire around 660 BC. According to Japanese ...

Mythology, recognised by the Imperial House, has the legendary Emperor Jimmu, said to be a descendant of a sun goddess and a storm god, as the first of 126 Japanese emperors leading up to the ...

Ninigi is believed to be the great-grandfather of Jimmu, who legends say became Japan's first emperor in 660 BC. Legend says it grew in the tail of an eight-headed serpent that was devouring the ...

Emperor Hirohito chose it to mark the 2,600th Anniversary of the fair-weather day when Jimmu took on power. His Imperial Majesty invited foreign diplomats, Government officials and wearers of ...