Union Minister of Culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will preside over the ceremony as the chief guest, formally marking the induction of the ship, he said. The completion of the construction of the ...

The Lisbon Maru was carrying British prisoners of war captured by Japan at Hong Kong A memorial has been unveiled to the sinking of a wartime Japanese cargo ship and the loss of more than 800 ...

(Mainichi/Ririko Maeda) =Click/tap photo for more images. KYOTO -- More than 30,000 spectators were treated to an ancient Japanese imperial procession, a highlight of Kyoto's Aoi Matsuri festival ...

China's State Council Information Office on Tuesday unveiled an emblem commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and ...

The exceptional inlaid rosewood cabinet, from the Meiji era, sold for £5,600, at the Halls auction on Wednesday (May 7). Following the sale Halls Fine Art’s Asian art specialist Alexander ...

The grandchildren of Japanese war brides say they are finally able to embrace their heritage fully and openly in ways their parents weren't allowed. Cherry Parker, the first Japanese war bride ...

In World War II, it participated in the battles of Leyte Gulf and Okinawa, two key US defeats of Imperial Japanese forces in 1944 and 1945 respectively. The ship, designated as a submarine chaser ...

A Long Island woman has dedicated her retirement to easing hundreds of anxious animals with an ancient Japanese calming technique ... Jin Shin Jyutsu, an art of healing, on rescue animals.

In his first solo exhibition in the UK for more than 15 years, Takashi Murakami, one of Japan’s most successful post-war artists ... the roof of a traditional Japanese longhouse.

In his first solo exhibition in the UK for more than 15 years, Takashi Murakami, one of Japan’s most successful post-war artists ... other key pieces of Japanese art history such as Kano ...

French painter Henri Matisse first came into contact with ukiyo-e woodcut prints in the early 20th century, when various world fairs brought Japanese art to Europe. Struggling to get his own ...

A new study suggests that the DNA some modern Japanese people have inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers may increase BMI. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...