What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

A design company here has created paper plates with traditional designs based on Kutani ceramic masterpieces. Priced at 540 yen ($5.10), including tax, the plates featuring bold designs and vivid ...

Call it destiny, call it a coincidence or call it luck but it is fitting Glory Vase shares a name with ... Group One Longines Hong Kong Vase. The Japanese raider captured the 2,400m contest ...

JOMON (10,000 - 300 B.C.) Prehistoric period of tribal/clan organization. Stone Age hunters and gatherers who make jomon (rope-patterned) pottery inhabit Japan. 660 B.C. Mythological Jimmu ("Divine ...

The number of foreign residents in Japan is booming. The Internal Affairs Ministry says the figure reached 2.49 million in 2018. But a new survey finds that only one in five Japanese people have ...

From modern pottery to some that have lasted throughout history, there’s something about an elegant bowl, plate, or even vase ...

Japanese is a language isolate, spoken by 121 million people in Japanese archipelago. There are small Japanese communities in American Samoa, Hawaii, North and South ...

NAGOYA--In a groundbreaking decision, the Nagoya High Court granted Japanese nationality to a child born in Japan to Afghan refugees because the parents were essentially “stateless” at the ...

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Kyoto, Japan in the spring. Experts say the best time to visit Japan is during the cherry blossom season from late March to mid-May. In Japan, fall foliage stretches late into the year ...