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With a special focus on Japan, this event promises demonstrations of traditional dance and music, as well as kirigami (three-dimensional paper-folding) crafts. The event is on Saturday ...
Create your own art and learn new techniques! Follow along with the Asia Society Texas team as we share instructions for Make-at-Home crafts, all using simple materials at home or school. Beginning in ...
TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - Japan's exports rose for a sixth straight month in March, data showed on Thursday, as the threat of sweeping U.S. tariffs drove Japanese companies to ramp up shipments ...
In 2024, the number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low for the ninth year in a row. With about 1.6 million deaths and 720,988 births, there were about two deaths for every new baby born.
Now ubiquitous in many of Japan’s 9,000 stations, the first eki stamp appeared in 1931 at Fukui station near the Sea of Japan coast, where stationmaster Kanichi Tominaga hit upon the idea of a ...
A customer dining at a Sukiya location in January reported a foreign object in their miso soup to a staff member The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP; Getty A Japanese restaurant has issued an apology after ...
Kawata Yasutoshi was never cut out for traditional Japanese corporate life. As a former guitarist in a heavy-metal band, he found working at a large electronics firm frustrating: particularly the ...
From the moment it was announced, Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ interpretation of feudal Japan was met with immediate blowback — mostly from the West. The usual suspects were up in arms over the ...
Aurora is already home to some of the best Asian shopping options like H Mart and Ebisu Japanese Lifestyle Store, but the options for Asian goods have expanded with the addition of Daiso ...
TOKYO — Japan on Monday activated a new military command that will take operational control of all three of its armed forces, as the country bolsters its defense posture amid rising regional ...
TOKYO, Japan – Japan’s government warned Thursday of a “significant impact” on its economic ties with the United States — and on global trade — after President Donald Trump announced ...