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Delve into the washitsu's role in Japanese homes, blending cultural history with contemporary interior design for a unique ...

Hideyuki Hirayama's "Taiheiyo no Kiseki — Fokkusu to Yobareta Otoko (Oba: The Last Samurai)" may be based on a novel by WWII veteran Don Jones about the Japanese defense of Saipan, but the ...

Samurai fashion is in, so are samurai tattoos. New York tattoo artist Sumok Kim, who works at Chronic Ink, has seen a surge ...

People clad in samurai armor have mounted horses and competed to catch airborne flags as part of a traditional festival in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Fukushima. The annual Soma Nomaoi ...

We all know someone who can't "do horror." Even when we know that movies are all made up works of fiction and that nothing on ...

The canopy, which will protect visitors to pavilions from sunlight and rain, will have a diameter of 675 meters and span an area of 60,000 square meters, the Japan Association for the 2025 World ...

This “samurai experience” proved to be a hit, and in fiscal 2020, it was selected for the martial arts tourism award sponsored by the central government. However, as similar programs using real swords ...

A screen reflecting on glass displays the Hang Seng stock index at the Central district in Hong Kong, China, April 7, 2025. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo Stocks slipped in Asia on Friday and the U ...