According to the Tohoku region’s Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, kokeshi (koh-keh-shee) originated in the late Edo ...

ONO, Hyogo -- The 15th Big Hinamatsuri festival is underway at the Ono Municipal Kokokan museum and will run through March 29. This year's display, opening before Japan's Hina Matsuri doll festival on ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Sho and go. Shohei Ohtani did not play in Sunday’s Cactus League game, but he had a busy two-way day during the Dodgers’ workout on Sunday morning. Ohtani threw 33 pitches over two ...

JAPAN – Much of Asia was celebrating the Year of the Horse in the past week. In Japan, which does not mark Chinese New Year, the attention turns to a different animal. There is no cat in the Chinese ...

TOKYO -- Japan's economy minister, Ryosei Akazawa, spoke with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick by phone and requested that Japan "not be treated less favorably than it was in the 2025 Japan-U.S.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Present-day Japan may see its fair share of bears, but the islands ...

February 19, 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order for the removal of Japanese Americans on the west coast into internment camps on February 19, 1942. While the order did ...

Urayasu City Hall is seen in Chiba Prefecture in this July 2022 file photo. (Mainichi/Naoki Watanabe) URAYASU, Chiba -- The city of Urayasu will make day care free for children aged 2 and younger ...

The director and ex-Japanese Red Army militant discusses his new film Escape, about the anarchist fugitive Satoshi Kirishima, the frustrations of radical film-making and progressive politics Last ...

BEIJING – China’s nine-day Chinese New Year holidays kicked off on Feb 15, with Japan dropping out of the 10 most popular overseas destinations for Chinese travellers after Beijing urged its citizens ...

Demonstrators gathered outside King County International Airport on Thursday, the Day of Remembrance, to draw a straight line connecting the incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II and ...

Higher temperatures are expected across Japan over the three-day holiday period starting on Saturday, 5 to 10 degrees higher than the yearly average. Caution is being advised against avalanches and ...