Many of us know that Japan took its Buddhism, its urban design, its flower-viewing rites and several of its art forms from China, often by way of Korea. You feel that influence today everywhere from ...

“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

These outstanding Osaka museums let you revisit the city’s rich history, taste fine whisky and explore world culture ...

Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside, as the old song goes. But better yet, with a cold beer in hand at a British pub.

Swedish archaeologists are studying a rare discovery from a 16th-century shipwreck near Stockholm, hoping it will shed light ...

The two Japanese naval ships docked at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base on Saturday. The two minesweepers are part of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force. Their visit marks the first foreign navy ...

The US justice system returned the so-called “Hernandarias Manuscript,” a 16th-century document penned in 1598 by Hernando Arias de Saavedra, the first Creole governor in the Americas.

Japan has sent two naval ships to a Cambodian naval base which was recently upgraded using Chinese funds, heightening US concerns that it will be used as an outpost for China’s navy in the Gulf ...

Japan has sent two naval ships to a Cambodian naval base which was recently upgraded using Chinese funds, heightening US concerns that it will be used as an outpost for China’s navy in the Gulf of ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two Japanese naval ships docked Saturday at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base, whose recently completed Chinese-funded upgrade has heightened U.S. concerns that it will be ...

Constructed in the 16th century using mortar bricks and lime plaster, the helical step-well descends seven levels and contains 11 rooms below ground. Sen said, adding that her aim is to raise ...