With changing times and changing political leadership, more and more Japanese-era buildings are being restored and reopened ...

The Omoro Sōshi, a collection of some 1,500 songs written in the 16th and 17th centuries, is the oldest extant text in Ryukyuan literature and a veritable treasure trove of indigenous culture.

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The 14,000 sqm projection on Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building offers visitors a free nightly spectacle in the heart of ...

Extending far beyond Japan, sushi is consumed by many different communities around the world. Its popularity in the West has ...

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A Renaissance-style former branch office of the Bank of Japan in this northern city is now serving as a museum sharing the history ･･･ ...

The Meiji government, which replaced the shogunate ... Takashi has lived both under the U.S. military rule of the early postwar period and Japanese administration following the 1968 return ...

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