A new exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art showcases the longtime cultural meaning in the practice of chanoyu ...

These women, called ama - Japanese for women of the sea - are part of a tradition spanning thousands of years. Their diving practice is mentioned in ancient classical literature and there’s a ...

In his cozy workshop behind his D.C. home, contemporary kumiko craftsman David Gootnick, a Craft Show featured artist, uses ...

A set of documents from more than a thousand years ago that depict the history of cultural exchanges between Japan and China will be included in UNESCO’s Memory of the World register. UNESCO’s ...

A mysterious underwater structure off the coast of Japan has some experts wondering if we've seriously underestimated ancient civilizations. Known as the Yonaguni Monument, 82 feet (24.99 meters) ...

Part of the group’s theology, though, was rooted in ancient Buddhist beliefs that had shaped mainstream Japanese society during the Kamakura period, which lasted from 1185 to 1333. Like people of that ...

Chen Feng, 80, cleans fallen leaves at Fuzhou Ryukyu Cemetery in Fuzhou, Fujian province. [Photo by Ye Yilin / for chinadaily.com.cn] Fuzhou and Naha (the capital of Okinawa) became sister cities ...

Chinese sheng player Wu Tong and Japanese sho player Mayumi Miyata perform in Beijing on March 29. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] On March 29, Chinese sheng player Wu Tong shared the stage ...

A woman from the Gaza Strip has launched a clothing brand to help revitalize the war-torn Palestinian enclave, working in partnership with a female Japanese operator of a mail-order business.

After nearly 90 hours in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, I find myself looking back at how the franchise’s fans lamented that Sucker Punch beat Ubisoft to the punch in creating a game based in ancient Japan ...

When researchers unearthed a woman in 1998 belonging to the now-extinct Jōmon people of ancient Japan, DNA analysis wasn’t quite advanced enough to put this discovery to full use. Over two decades ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious ... He and other locals blame the disappearance of the ancient rhythms on global climate change. “In old times, an open ...