The annual ceremony of the Utakai Hajime, or the Imperial New Year’s Poetry Reading, took place in the Matsu-no-Ma room of ...

Poems written by imperial family members and guests were recited in a traditional style at the ceremony in the palace's Matsu ...

Japan’s biggest business lobby Keidanren and trade unions kicked off annual labor talks on Wednesday that are likely to lead ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, in a poem recited at the annual New Year's Poetry Reading on Wednesday, expressed how he was ...