What kind of relationship did Japanese people and animals have during the early modern Edo period (1603–1868)? An exhibition ...

Rabbits are judged in a contest during the 37th national jumbo rabbit festival in Daisen ... dog breed and Hinai-Jidori chickens of northern Japan's Akita Prefecture have long been famous ...

each a woodblock print, embellished with a silver mica ground, signed in pencil to the lower left Paul Jacoulet, and with artist's watermark PJ Jaku-rei, each with printer's mark Fujii Shunosuke suri ...

The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power. By Motoko Rich Kiuko Notoya and ...

DAISEN, Akita -- While the Akita dog breed and Hinai-Jidori chickens of northern Japan's Akita Prefecture ... The 37th national jumbo rabbit festival was held in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on ...

Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science. transcript 3, 2, 1. ... and liftoff. By John Yoon and Hisako Ueno ...

Since Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957, satellites have been made with metals. A group of Japanese scientists thinks it has a viable alternative: wood. A SpaceX rocket launched Monday night from the ...

Ryuta Watanabe, a 36-year-old citizen of the northern prefecture of Hokkaido, Japan, hasn't had a job in the last ten years. Watanabe, who has been unemployed for ten years, has a distinct career ...

The detailing is subtle, the silhouettes are sophisticated, and they lack the traditional Japanese craft details—like boro cloth and shibori prints—that make brands like Kapital seem so Japanese.

Japanese investment adviser Metaplanet Inc. has been added to a global equity index for the first time. CoinShares added the company to its Blockchain Global Equity Index. Metaplanet adopted the ...