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

In his cozy workshop behind his D.C. home, contemporary kumiko craftsman David Gootnick, a Craft Show featured artist, uses the raw material of his practice: a five-foot-long, two-inch-thick plank of ...

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Ishii prefers to see his work “as designing – we add value to the material through the design process”. Designer-craftsman Yamamoto creates objects that filter Japan’s traditional ...

apanese oil and gas company Inpex has begun the front-end engineering design (FEED) process for the Abadi liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Indonesia as the government pushes for its development.

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especially in Japan where forest bathing (“shinrin-yoku”) has long been practiced for its health benefits. While our headline makes dramatic claims about an “ancient forest compound” that “melts belly ...

Part of the group’s theology, though, was rooted in ancient Buddhist beliefs that had shaped mainstream Japanese society during the Kamakura period, which lasted from 1185 to 1333. Like people of that ...