Amaterasu
Americannoun
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The future of the imperial household -- mythically descended from the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu -- depends currently on Prince Hisahito, the 19-year-old nephew of Emperor Naruhito, 66.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Datasection is just one of five public companies audited by Amaterasu over the past year, according to Tokyo Stock Exchange data.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
The researchers named it the Amaterasu particle after the sun goddess in Japanese mythology.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 23, 2023
During the Kofun period of the late third to sixth centuries, the arrival of Buddhism in Japan coincided with the rule of the Yamato clan, a group said to have descended from the goddess Amaterasu.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Those chronicles describe how the sun goddess Amaterasu, born from the left eye of the creator god Izanagi, sent her grandson Ninigi to earth on the Japanese island of Kyushu to wed an earthly deity.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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