The era after the enthronement of Emperor Jimmu , colloquially known as the Japanese imperial year or "national calendar year" is a unique calendar system in Japan. It is based on the legendary ...

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 ...

Udo-jingū (鵜戸神宮) is a Shinto shrine in Nichinan, Miyazaki prefecture, Japan, south of Aoshima. It is the mythical birthplace of Emperor Jimmu's father Ugayafukiaezu. According to shrine legends, it is ...

Japan’s businessmen have a happy phrase to describe their resurgent economy: Jimmu kieki—the biggest boom since the days of the legendary Emperor Jimmu, who founded the Japanese empire in 660 ...

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 ...

In "Gladiator II," Denzel Washington plays Macrinus, the namesake of a historical emperor with a thrilling story. Roman Emperor Marcus Opellius Macrinus reigned from 217 to 218. He was born in ...

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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Gus, the adult male Emperor Penguin, was found on Nov. 1 on Ocean Beach sand dunes in the town of Denmark in ...

The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia has been released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore on a popular tourist beach MELBOURNE, Australia -- The only ...

In this photo released by Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), a male emperor penguin dubbed Gus, is released back into the ocean off the south coast of Western ...