The antics of tourists in places of religious worship never cease to amaze. In Japan, there's much talk about an American ...

Hello Kitty turned 50 on Friday. Befitting a pop icon at midlife, the bubble-headed, bow-wearing character’s fictional ...

Artist Tomokazu Matsuyama (front) and curator Christoph Doswald (behind) at the opening of “Mythologiques” (2024). Photo: ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent an offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, his office said on Thursday, drawing criticism from South Korea and China which view the shrine as a symbol of Japan's ...

The colorful blooms of azaleas light up public spaces and private gardens.

To celebrate the connection between Milan and Tokyo, the Maison collaborated with Chiso, Japan’s oldest kimono-maker ...

The president-elect is again calling out companies by name in his campaign against what he sees as other countries’ unfair ...

Japan Airlines is helping promote Expo 2025 Osaka, with special livery on one of its Boeing 787-8 aircraft operating ...

Stunning brush strokes, both in calligraphy and paintings, are on display alongside beautiful decorative art pieces at The ...

The canopy, which will protect visitors to pavilions from sunlight and rain, will have a diameter of 675 meters and span an area of 60,000 square meters, the Japan Association for the 2025 World ...

From the Edo-Tokyo Museum Collection,” is currently touring Japan. We asked the exhibition’s curator, Koyama Shuko, from the ...

Created by Roman designer Simone Legno, the mascot represents a pilgrim inspired by Japanese comics in an attempt to appeal ...