From the 1870s through the 1920s, Japan underwent rapid and widespread modernization and nation-building. In the Meiji period, Japanese leaders looked to European models of constitutional monarchy, ...

Now that summer has loosened its torrid grip, a trip to this outdoor museum in the western Tokyo suburbs is a perfect way to ...

Dubbed the “Venice of the East” on social media and elsewhere, the city is not in danger of sinking but is working to ...

The Meiji Restoration of 1868 ended the Bakufu period. A bad economy and the 1853 visit by Commodore Perry’s “Black Ships,” ...

Tanigawa chaired an expert panel set up by JR East to study the Takanawa Embankment ruins to map out a preservation ... heritage of Japan’s modernization since the Meiji Era and recognize ...

Volume 2: Early Modern Japan in Asia and the World, c. 1580–1877 This major new reference work presents an accessible and innovative survey of the latest developments in the study of early modern ...

Students thereby add another dimension to their understanding of the complex process of modernization and some of its costs in Japan. In the Meiji period, Japanese leaders looked to European models of ...

Asia Society presents a fresh look at the art of Japan’s Meiji era (1868-1912), a period of unprecedented cultural and technological transition, in the landmark exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of ...

NAGOYA -- Taking in a Meiji era (1868-1912) tower fountain in a park ... This series explores Japan's architectural wonders and secrets of yesteryear. Read more Retro Japan articles here.

When the sensory overload starts to kick in (and it will), retreat to Yoyogi Park (a local favorite during cherry blossom season) or practice peace at the Meiji ... in Japan (part of the greater ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...