A new exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art showcases the longtime cultural meaning in the practice of chanoyu ...

These women, called ama - Japanese for women of the sea - are part of a tradition spanning thousands of years. Their diving practice is mentioned in ancient classical literature and there’s a ...

The word "ninja" may bring to mind a person dressed mostly in black, but what they wore was actually quite different.

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Thinking about making your own fizzy drinks at home? In this head-to-head showdown, we compare the Ninja Thirsti and the ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

The retro revival from Blasphemous studio The Game Kitchen feels both new and familiar.

Image: Pakutaso However, being a picturesque place means lots of people coming to take pictures, and Otaru, like many of Japan’s most popular tourism ... So to address the problem, Otaru has decided ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun 1:00 JST, April 13, 2025 Israel plans to display an ancient building stone from the Old City ... representative of the Permanent General Mission of Palestine in Japan, told The ...

The condition of the fossil made it impossible to study ancient DNA. But recently, scientists in Taiwan, Japan and Denmark were able to extract some protein sequences from the incomplete jawbone.

A mysterious underwater structure off the coast of Japan has some experts wondering if we've seriously underestimated ancient civilizations. Known as the Yonaguni Monument, 82 feet (24.99 meters) ...

That’s the Japanese Chin. This little dog was bred to sit on silk cushions and be admired, preferably while doing absolutely nothing. Their origin? Ancient Japan. Or maybe China. Either way, old and ...