Free opportunities to practice your Japanese skills. The sessions will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Fridays, April 18 and May 16, 2025. Please register here to get meeting ID and link.

Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.

To help understand the complexity of this Japanese conversation, Sheila A. Smith, senior fellow for Japan studies, has initiated a broad conversation on CFR's Asia Unbound blog in which leading ...

As Gov. Wes Moore wrapped the first leg of his trade mission and prepared for the second act on Tuesday, he’s had moments, he ...

Recessed spaces have a long history going back at least hundreds of years — from the irori, or sunken hearth, in traditional Japanese architecture to the open pit dining rooms, or triclinia, of ...

Are you interested in Japanese studies? Come and discover the great beauty of modern Japan, from the traditional to the contemporary. Experience hands-on training in Japanese calligraphy or learn what ...

Nestled just off the busy 405 highway within Irvine, California’s maze of technology companies and startups, more than 60 different varieties of fruits and vegetables thrive year-round on a 30-acre ...

Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in the Pacific War: the defeat of the Japanese at Guadalcanal in February 1943. The Japanese were placed on the ...

The issue of reciprocal tariffs imposed by the United States and their impact on the global economy was among the topics discussed during a phone conversation between Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his ...