As Japan's dwindling population increasingly migrates to cities, 450 rural schools close each year. Now, some are being ...

A figurine depicting a character from a 20th century satirical cartoon burning a banknote to light up the darkness has become ...

Ohio has the answer, and it’s gloriously, delightfully strange. The Lucky Cat Museum in Cincinnati houses what might be the world’s most impressive collection of Maneki Neko—those iconic Japanese ...

The devil's in the details. Pasokon Retro is our regular look back at the early years of Japanese PC gaming, encompassing everything from specialist '80s computers to the happy days of Windows XP.

The Floating World” transports visitors to a time when Japan was emerging from the feudal era and modern cities were booming.

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As President Donald Trump tries to live up to his “Art of the Deal” persona, he’s finding Asia isn’t quite buying it.

Seisuke Knife has brought together skilled artisans committed to curating exceptional handmade Japanese kitchen knives.

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Obata, detained in a World War II internment camp for people of Japanese descent, urged turning to "Great Nature" to ...

We know how we feel about Takashi Murakami's "Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow" exhibition at Cleveland Museum of Art, on ...

This fall, visitors at the Nintendo Museum in Japan are going to get an opportunity to catch a glimpse of history from ...