Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo.

“And going back to what Greg said earlier about 1600 feudal Japan, is that in the modern world, there’s always a din of something around us. What we aimed for in this show was quiet, because ...

The city of Kamakura is one of Japan’s ancient capitals, but also the birthplace of modern surfing in Japan. Ideal for a relaxed getaway, it blends beachy charm with lots of temples and shrines.

The paranoid suspicion that everyone else is in on some big secret they’ve excluded you from gets full play in “Best Wishes To All.”This debut feature from Yuta Shimotsu, which expands on ...

The Making of Modern Japan Marius B. Jansen. Belknap Press, $48 (936pp) ISBN 978-0-674-00334-7 ...

Walking into the gallery of the Hoover Tower, I watched kaleidoscopic collections of Japanese propaganda posters unfold before me, luring me in with their weight of history and air of mystery. The ...

Curator Bradley Bailey talks about artwork in the exhibit Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan on Thursday, July 18, 2024, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in Houston.

As modern pentathlon takes on a Japanese flavor with a 'Sasuke'-inspired event, Ayumu Saito is working to raise the sport’s profile in Japan. Subscribe . Digital Print . July 20, 2025 .

Japan Cuts to Open With Yasuhiro Aoki’s ‘ChaO,’ Festival’s 2025 Lineup Unveiled. North America’s largest celebration of Japanese cinema includes appearances by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the New ...