Once-lost signboard of Gyeongbok Palace's sacred hall returns after century in Japan
A 19th-century wooden signboard that once adorned the now-lost Seonwonjeon Hall at Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul has returned from Japan after a century away from home.
Opinion: What kind of picture books are needed in Japan's growing multicultural society?
If you were raising children overseas, what kind of picture books would you want for them?Since last summer, Bookstart Japan, a nonprofit gro･･･ ...
High-tech spin for samurai-era ukiyo-e artist Hokusai at Tokyo exhibit
Visitors can step back in time to Japan's samurai era in an new Tokyo exhibition that uses cutting-edge technology to bring ...
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In meat- and fish-loving Japan, veganism is making a comeback
Tourism, climate goals, and animal rights concerns are sparking a plant-based renaissance in a country famous for sushi and ...
VOX POPULI: Finance Ministry under court order to disclose Moritomo files
The word “hohi” popped in my head as I wondered whether Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) actually used that expression- ...