The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

After the Tokugawa Shogunate was overthrown in 1868 and imperial rule returned to Japan, Emperor Meiji recruited people from the Western world to rapidly familiarize his country with the ...

The crowd assembled in the parking lot of Shimoda Community Hall is a motley crew of spectators from far and near, Edo Period (1603-1868) samurai and geisha, and a small band of Star Wars ...

BOISE, Idaho — On Tuesday, Boise City Council members approved a resolution designating three flags, including the Pride flag, as official flags of the City of Trees. The vote comes amid ongoing ...

Japan was isolated from the outside world due to years of internal conflict and fear of colonization by European powers. When ...

City leaders in Boise and Salt Lake City on May 6 introduced new official flags to support LGBTQ+ rights, sidestepping laws in both states that prohibit the display of pride flags and other so ...

Toshogu Shrine, the resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, is the most popular attraction in this city. Nikko also has a national park that offers waterfalls, lakes, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Leaders of Utah's capital city voted to add three new city flags, all incorporating designs not allowed through a new state flag law, to sidestep the measure hours before it ...

The Boise City Council made the Pride flag a city flag Tuesday to get around a new state law. The Legislature earlier this year banned most flags from flying on government property, but left an ...

Things were quite different in 16th-century Japan, where the Tokugawa shogunate put a stop to what had, until then, been a rather successful if slow process of evangelizing previously ...

"My intent is to represent our city's values with honor." Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall unveiled a series of flags on Tuesday that appear to circumvent a new state law banning "non ...