The postwar U.S. breakup of Japan’s zaibatsu, the huge and powerful prewar cartels that controlled practically all of Japanese industry, was the most ambitious antitrust action in history. The ...

The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not what scientists believed they were, new research finds. Instead, they are the ...

Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a yet ...

Machiko Imai inherited a 200-year-old traditional Japanese home from her father when he died in 2020. Together with her son, Matsukane, they restored the property and turned it into a guesthouse. Now, ...

A new exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art showcases the longtime cultural meaning in the practice of chanoyu Nathan Pugh - Freelance Writer The Japanese word for a tea ceremony, chanoyu, ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. By Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo ...

Natural indigo dye has been used worldwide for thousands of years, but the invention of synthetic indigo dye in the 1800s caused the industry to crater. In Japan's Tokushima Prefecture, only a handful ...

Japan’s regional economies are facing severe labor shortages. Their survival depends on their ability to persuade foreign workers to stay. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo and ...

The bone fragments were once thought to be some of the oldest human fossils found in Japan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...