In recognition of Hokusai's "Great Wave" being featured on the new 1,000 yen bill,...

Paul de Vries
Paul De Vries is an Australian writer and educator based in Japan. His book "Remembering Santayana: the lessons Unlearnt from the War Against Japan" is available from Amazon. His essays have also appeared in the Japan Times and Asia Times.
There are surprising links and parallels in the histories of Australia and Japan, like...
An exhibition of beautiful Mingei folk craft used by ordinary people in daily life...
British landscape photographer Michael Kenna pays tribute to his long-standing relationship with Japan through...
A stunning exhibition of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter is on show at the University...
The Sumida Hokusai Museum in Tokyo is staging the theater life of the Edo...
An exhibition of modern art at the National Art Center Tokyo explores how growth...
The life and photographic career of Takuma Nakahira (1938-2015) is the subject of an...
Legends of the Japanese samurai era are on full display through February 24 in...
There is much that preceded the attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941....
An informative and balanced account of the Korean experience of the imperial era, told...
This account of the tragic Sandakan POW march focuses on witness and survivor Bill...