The British Museum’s major new tribute to the 19th-century Japanese master Utagawa Hiroshige is an exquisite foil for modern ...

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A look at Japan’s love of packaging, from impeccably crafted cardboard to lacquered works of art.

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After decades of relative decline, the capital of Japan's Kansai region is launching major projects and attracting numerous ...

If you're a fan of sushi and you want to try something different, keep your eyes open for this unique roll from western Japan ...

While FX's "Shōgun" takes place in feudal Japan, the acclaimed series was filmed almost entirely in another country on the ...

The figure represents about 20 percent of all fatalities around Japan from the disaster that also triggered a nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture. About 33,000 homes, or half the city's total ...

The Hiraoka family’s former residence, which belonged to a merchant family and was built in the Edo period (1603-1867), was ...

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The towers were symbols of shogunate rule for the entire Edo Period (1603-1867 ... in the 1945 atomic bombing of the western Japan city. Thanks to a wealth of detailed design drawings, images ...