Shinzo Abe’s quest for “normality” continues — in foreign policy, cultural pride, and possession of similar intelligence resources to other large democracies.
What is necessary for the modern age and the future is to look not for the material, but for something immaterial that “resonates in people's hearts.”
It’s hardly surprising that the Gion festival became an annual event since epidemics have ravaged Kyoto in the oppressively humid summers up to modern times.
Energized by the Force of Star Wars, May’s quiet gives us cover for the detailed planning of announcements and events that gamers are anxiously anticipating.
In Tokyo through June 12, this is the only place in the world where Hokusai works from Japan and the United Kingdom are displayed in collaboration.
The Tokyo exhibition — through April 17 — takes the visitor into the Japanese dream of one of the great artists of modern times.
Unlike most films from around the world, Japanese cinema has the synthetic character of Japanese art and many distinctive features that serve as the basis of...
Artists in the Setouchi region want to help Japan return to a time when “culture was wrapped into people’s everyday lives,” and they’re attracting lots of...