From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — ...

You become conscious of how these flavors — sourness, tang, funk and umami — run like a baseline through Japanese cuisine ... Out of reverence for the animal, they created a pickle from ...

Wooden wildebeest, gorillas, and giraffes are among the lifesize wooden animals The Herds project is heading through 10 ...

Kumiko emerged in the Asuka era between about 600 and 700 C.E. and eschews nails in favor of perfectly cut pieces that notch ...

TROY, Ala. (WTVY) - The Troy Animal Rescue Project is hosting an online art auction for a good cause. Artists from across the U.S., UK, and Canada will have art up for auction. To participate in ...

From learning to carve woodblocks or make pottery, to observing artisans at work, tourists can help sustain and revive these ...

More artists in Asia have started working with fiber, but it remains an underrated medium, according to curator Takahashi ...

Zhong attacked the boy after buying a knife to "draw online attention" through the assault, the envoy quoted the court ruling as saying. The boy died the following day after being stabbed on his way ...

As a fellow artist focusing on Japanese calligraphy, she is "jealous" of her ... Amazed to learn they were both artists, the pair kept in touch, and later, through Isomura's introduction, she met her ...

Why rush to sell in a cooling market when you can borrow against your art and wait for prices to ... Likewise, leveraging existing collections through secured lending empowers collectors to ...