News

Japanese versions of the Pokémon card Team Rocket's Mewtwo are selling for hundreds of dollars online, in the first week ...
What are the hallmarks of a resilient, balanced, long-term happiness? Traditional Japanese wisdom offers insights.
Renowned Bay Area artist’s career retrospective at SFMOMA includes more than 300 items covering a dozen galleries.
The overwhelming popularity of artist Takashi Murakami's MLB Tokyo Series merchandise has fueled another round of colorful and joyful Dodgers gear.
I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...
Many of us know that Japan took its Buddhism, its urban design, its flower-viewing rites and several of its art forms from China, often by way of Korea. You feel that influence today everywhere from ...
Oluwaseun Olayiwola is a poet, critic and inaugural member of the Rose Choreographic School in Sadlers Wells East, London.
In a world that demands us to always be on the go, "Boketto" emerges as a surprisingly powerful Japanese practice. Learn to unplug and simply observe, allowing your mind to rest and rejuvenate ...
Four-time champion Max Verstappen has hilariously summed up Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix in just five words following a relatively uneventful race on track. The Dutchman claimed his first pole ...
With the goal of outperforming rivals such as Verstappen and teammate Piastri, he shared his perspective with The Guardian before the Japanese GP: "I feel like there is a very prescribed version ...
A Cabinet notification issued in 1954 called for using the “kunrei” style of romanization when writing Japanese words in English. But the notice also allowed for exceptions with the Hepburn ...