A special exhibition blends the history of Japanese swords with modern tech and Touken Ranbu, offering a lively experience to inspire future preservation.
Industrial Heritage Information Center Director Koko Kato welcomed a UNESCO committee's decision to inscribe the Sado gold mines as a World Heritage site.
Japan first sought to have the Sado Gold Mines inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in an application submitted in 2021. They become Japan's 26th...
Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore opened his home to many involved in Asia's cultural renaissance, including Okakura Kakuzo, who famously wrote "The Book of Tea."
How far should a game be allowed to misrepresent its historical settings? Assassin's Creed Shadows is set to test the line with copyright and cultural problems.
One suspect involved in the Yasukuni Shrine vandalism was arrested while extradition challenges for the others are magnifying diplomatic tensions with China.
Professor J Mark Ramseyer and Jason Morgan explore the research and academic challenges of scrutinizing the comfort women issue in an exclusive interview.
The company rolling out Assassin's Creed says, "The story we are telling is historical fiction" but it has created a giant controversy over its samurai hero.
Against a backdrop of calls for historical accuracy, the symposium stressed a nuanced understanding of the comfort women issue's sensitive historical legacies.
In an exclusive interview, Lee Young-hoon discusses South Korean perceptions, shifting views on comfort women and seeking Japanese-South Korean reconciliation.
In the 3rd annual International Comfort Women Symposium, scholars from the US join in debating the comfort women issue with experts from Japan and South Korea.
Recent vandalism at Japan's shrines and temples highlights stresses from tourism and poor cultural education while famous sites seek ways to keep public access.
