Japan witnessed the beginning of the Heisei era on November 12, 1990,  when Emperor Akihito ascended the throne. His era was marked by peace and reconciliation. On this day in 1954, the iconic Ellis ...

On Nov. 12, 1948, a war crimes tribunal in Japan sentenced former premier Hideki Tojo and six other World War II Japanese leaders to death by hanging.

Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on November 12. Check what happened today in history here.

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko and her son, Prince Hisahito, visited the remote Tokyo island of Izu Oshima in the Pacific on Saturday partly to mourn victims of a natural disaster. After arriving in the ...

Friday's event was the second time Akihito and Empress Michiko had visited an area directly hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami, which left some 27,000 people dead or missing along the Pacific coast ...

Kalpana Chawla embarked on her maiden space mission aboard Nasa’s Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-87) on 1997. Chawla played a ...

In their first meeting in six years, Emperor Naruhito and U.S. President Donald Trump exchanged pleasantries on Japan-U.S. friendship and Japanese players in Major League Baseball, and discussed ...

On Nov. 12, 1948, a war crimes tribunal in Japan sentenced former premier Hideki Tojo and six other World War II Japanese ...

Today in History for Nov. 12: In 1774, British citizens in Quebec protested the Quebec Act which restored French civil law. In 1856, the Grand Trunk Railway was opened from Quebec to Toronto. In 1884, ...

When a monarch ascends the throne, the world watches. Coronations aren’t just solemn ceremonies – they’re diplomatic ...

The Czech Republic marks the 1989 Velvet Revolution and 1939 student protests on Nov. 17, with free museum access in Prague ...