Three years ago, not long after Russia (re-)invaded Ukraine, I wrote: “The effective home arrest of Russia’s (often touring) ...

Dancers set a new Guinness World Record for the largest Bon dance on Saturday at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka.

Kihara won’t reveal her age, but she’s been practicing Japanese traditional dance for almost 24 years. Born in Brazil from Japanese parents who later moved to Mexico City, she carries on the ...

The Obon Festival celebrates Japanese food, martial arts, traditional dance at 100-year-old Buddhist Temple of Salinas.

MEXICO CITY – When music requires her to cry, Japanese traditional dancer Naoko Kihara barely alters her expression. It’s her arms and torso that move like a slow-motion wave. “Expression is ...

ASSOCIATED PRESS / NOV. 24. Aimi Kawasaki, a Japanese traditional Hanayagi-style dance student, practices in Professor Naoko Kihara’s studio in Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 24.

Dancers celebrated their ancestors during the Japanese Buddhist Obon Festival held Saturday at Clark High School, where a crowd of attendees watched and joined in the dance, ate traditional ...

MEXICO CITY — When music requires her to cry, Japanese traditional dancer Naoko Kihara barely alters her expression. It’s her arms and torso that move like a slow-motion wave.

Aimi Kawasaki, left, and Eiko Moriya, Japanese traditional Hanayagi-style dance students, practice with their handkerchiefs in Professor Naoko Kihara's studio in Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023.

Aimi Kawasaki, left, and Eiko Moriya, Japanese traditional Hanayagi-style dance students, practice with their handkerchiefs in Professor Naoko Kihara's studio in Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023.