Bento boxes are an essential part of Japanese cuisine, with several deliciously distinctive variations. These traditional ...

Preserving ancient traditions are a large part of Japanese culture. From kintsugi, the Japanese tradition of mending broken ...

The woodblocks of a massive trove of precious documents compiled by an Edo-period (1603-1867) scholar have been preserved in ...

In celebration of World Sake Day on October 1, three sake experts share their favorite sake bottles to try and what makes ...

A film by Makoto Shinkai pays tribute to the serene beauty of Japan's rainy season. It presents ancient poetry, shoemaking, ...

Research indicates that stromatoporoids, ancient reef-builders, withstood the Late Devonian extinction and prospered into the ...

AI-assisted research nearly doubles the number of known Nazca geoglyphs, ancient symbols formed in the ground by moving stones or gravel that date back 2,000 years.

Time seems to stop at Eiko Araki's studio in Japan. Women sit around her in a small circle, painstakingly stitching intricate ...

KAWARAMACHI, Japan — Time seems to stop here. Women sit in a small circle, quietly, painstakingly stitching patterns on balls the size of an orange, a stitch at a time. At the center of the ...

Time seems to stop at Eiko Araki's studio in Japan KAWARAMACHI, Japan -- Time seems to stop here. Women sit in a small circle, quietly, painstakingly stitching patterns on balls the size of an ...