original (melody only) Problems playing these files? See media help. "Kimigayo" (君が代) is the national anthem of Japan. The lyrics are from a waka poem...

War II (the Pacific War), the use of the flag and the national anthem Kimigayo has been a contentious issue for Japan's public schools, and disputes about...

legislate the hinomaru and Kimigayo as the official symbols of Japan. However, a law to establish the hinomaru and Kimigayo as official in 1974 failed...

Ōyama selected the poem which came to be used in Japan's national anthem kimigayo. From the Japanese Wikipedia Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun...

composer and musician who composed the harmony for Japan's national anthem, "Kimigayo" and the national anthem of the Korean Empire, "Aegukga". Eckert was a...

worldwide. However, with the annexation of Korea by Japan in 1910, Japan's "Kimigayo" became the official anthem, and the Korean anthem was banned. After Korea's...

Shikibu's The Tale of Genji and the lyrics of Japan's national anthem "Kimigayo" were written during this time. Japan's feudal era was characterized by...

it was the second-shortest anthem in the world, after Japan's anthem, "Kimigayo", with seven lines. Original Persian سر زد از افق مهر خاوران فروغ دیده‌ی...

unusual in being an acrostic in both languages. The Japanese anthem, "Kimigayo", employs the oldest lyrics of any national anthem, taking its words from...

King Representative anthem of British Hong Kong (1841–1941, 1945–1997) Kimigayo Representative anthem of Hong Kong Occupied Territory (1941–1945) Problems...