A museum closure has shone a light on the vast collections acquired during the bubble years — and warned companies that ...

In the early years of the Meiji era ... emphasizing currents of nationalism and evolving individualism in Japanese art between 1885 and 1905. Artists including ukiyo-e printmaker Adachi Ginkō ...

A simple request to examine a centuries-old artwork led to a stunning discovery: the paintings on “fusuma” sliding doors ...

So clearly it was learned early on in human history that art as personal adornment enhanced your status. Modern politicians use political techniques invented by rulers of old, but instead of paint ...

1140-1144. From the ambulatory and crypt of the church of the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis, Saint Benedict Window. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 1980. Public domain ...

Japanese art was all around me while traveling through Kyoto and Tokyo in Japan. One of the reasons I started Passport by ...

A Japanese rail company has apologised after a train left a station 25 seconds early, the second such case in months. The operator said the "great inconvenience we placed upon our customers was ...

A rail company in Japan has apologised after one of its trains departed 20 seconds early. Management on the Tsukuba Express line between Tokyo and the city of Tsukuba say they "sincerely apologise ...

Du Jie, a seasoned Chinese cinematographer who has shot more than 20 films for directors including Chen Sicheng, Guan Ha, ...

Landslides are a perennial risk in Japan, because it is subject to high ... Monitoring of ground movements can help provide early warning of impending landslides, but the scope of ground- or ...

Pasokon Retro is our regular look back at the early years of Japanese PC gaming, encompassing everything from specialist '80s computers ... Chaos Strikes Back ditched the English original's ...

He said Japanese consumers learned early on about EVs’ drawbacks, such as slow recharging and limited driving ranges, because domestic automakers were among the first to mass-produce EVs.