Tetsuyo Ishii, 105, says being cheerful, moving every day and having friends to share sadness with are the keys to her ...

Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

Korean students engaged in cultural exchanges with Japanese peers through tea ceremonies, language learning, dance, and ...

Now 56, Shimazu won the prestigious 174th Naoki Prize for her novel, “Cafe no Kaeri-Michi” (On the way back from the cafe), ...

As a major exhibition opens at the British Museum, our writer traces the history and heritage of Japan’s great warrior class ...