Everyone goes to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Why not try spots like the bustling port of Yokohama or the serene monasteries of ...

New Bedford Art Museum has opened two new exhibits around a unique printmaking technique and dynamic ceramic pieces. Here's a ...

A traditional Japanese sewing technique called sashiko, taught to victims of a 2011 disaster, has sparked a business creating ...

Stop by the nearby POJ Studio (Pieces of Japan), for a sublime edit of homewares and a matcha in Maana, the attached boutique ...

Medieval Japanese culture, influenced by Confucian ideals, imposed strict gender roles. While Japanese women had more power than their European counterparts, they were still expected to be homemakers, ...

TOKYO — Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co.‘s chief executive, Makoto Uchida, is stepping down after the company reported dismal financial results. Nissan said in a statement Tuesday that Ivan ...

KYOTO--A geisha with her face covered by a plain surgical face mask hardly fits the traditional dainty image of the practitioners of the centuries-old art form that is largely hidden from the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – SBI Holdings is negotiating with South Korea’s SK Hynix and Taiwan’s UMC about collaboration on a chips plant the financial firm is planning in Japan’s Miyagi prefecture, Nikkan ...

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Friday expressed its "full confidence" that the United ...

including Rob Marshall’s Memoirs Of A Geisha and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel. He has won best actor at the Japan Academy Awards four times from 23 nominations. In 2012, he was ...

Traditional Japanese geisha tattoos are rich in meaning, depicting mystery, beauty, and cultural history. Geishas were highly regarded female entertainers in Japan who were trained in ancient arts ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...