Lai Shaoqi was a Chinese calligrapher and painter known for his expressive woodblock prints. Born on May 16 ... The artist went on to fight the Japanese, was arrested, and broke out of prison. Lai ...

Joichi Hoshi was a Japanese ... woodblock process. Born in 1913 in Niigata, Japan, Hoshi began his artistic career after working as an elementary school teacher in Taiwan for several years. He later ...

and political contexts of Toshi Yoshida’s woodblock print, Kami no Mori (“Sacred Grove”), 1941, and argue that it is best understood and appreciated from the perspective of romantic nationalism.

There is a lot to learn from the long, venerable tradition of gardening in Japan, a point made in last week’s Real Dirt, which focused on the history and meaning of Japanese gardens.

TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved Japan’s lower house of parliament Wednesday to set up an Oct. 27 snap election and seek a mandate from voters for his 9-day-old government.

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Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of survivors of the two U.S. atomic bombings, became the first Japanese recipient of the ...

This upcoming indie game enhances the pen-and-paper logic puzzle Nurikabe with beautiful visuals, and it could just be your ...

SBI Digital Community tapped XRP Ledger (XRPL) and Polygon for the launch of its first NFT collection, dubbed “Crypto Canvas ...

IN 1911 the Mitsukoshi Department Store in Tokyo—among the oldest in the world, established in 1673 as a kimono fabric shop—sponsored a much anticipated and lucrative competition for an artwork that ...

The Japanese grassroots group Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of World War II atomic bombing survivors, has won the 2024 ...