The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

The book from Frame Publishers presents all these and more, in a series of case studies that showcases the practice's elegant balance of innovation and simplicity, tapping into Japan's traditions and ...

This question lies at the heart of ‘Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s’, a major exhibition ... or capture the generative potential of hardship as succinctly, as the experience of Japanese American ...

A look at Japan’s love of packaging, from impeccably crafted cardboard to lacquered works of art. By Nick Haramis ... once used to make the ties on samurai armor and swords and that now ...

She has also written a book in Japanese on her tryst with Kerala and Indian art and culture.

Akira Kurosawa is synonymous with Seven Samurai, but he made many other movies that have become just as important, from Ikiru ...

May 11 marks Mother's Day, and people in Japan generally celebrate the holiday by giving their mothers a carnation. And all ...

Changing bat companies and from Japanese ash to a harder maple may have helped Shohei Ohtani clout the 44 round-trippers to become the American League home run king. Since moving to the major ...

Gripping paintbrush and crayon, the artist known as "Thumbelina" splodges and splats with merry abandon, the 1-year-old star of a Tokyo exhibition that goes on way past her bedtime. Abstract ...

A global fandom can barely agree on breakfast, but certain anime leads trigger instant group smiles. They headline memes, ...