Endo became a student of the master craftsman and trained under him, and so he gradually gained the ability to shape the koma as he liked. Pentagonal koma are cut from beautifully grained Japanese ...

Japan Society and Metrograph have teamed up to co-present “Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us,” a rare 30-film retrospective devoted to the “fourth great” master of Japanese cinema. Co ...

Feeling stuck in your career? Struggling to master a new skill? What if the secret to success wasn’t found in modern hacks but in an ancient Japanese philosophy? Meet Geidō, a 700-year-old ...

Portuguese-Japanese interpreter Marco Gustavo, front, provides language support during an Avispa Fukuoka soccer club practice session at the Gannosu Recreation Center in the city of Fukuoka ...

Five days before he received the GPHG prize on Nov. 13 last year, Katayama was recognized as a “gendai no meiko” (contemporary master craftsman) by the labor ministry of Japan. Then ...

In addition, the man also had a knife kept in a case inside a sneaker that was also packed in his suitcase. The suspect admitted bringing the weapons into Japan, telling police, “I decided to go to ...

The individual numbering of each knife makes every single example unique. Nissan USA The number appears on the off side of the blade above the words “Made in Japan” and next to Terada’s signature. The ...

Then you've probably heard people singing the praises of Japanese knives. Chef Bobby Flay uses the Shun Classic Western, and Chef Giada De Laurentiis' blade of choice is the Imarku 7-inch Santoku ...

For a musician whose inventive arrangements of Bach and whose TV and movie scores have made him a minor celebrity in Japan ... “My experiences have been my master,” he said.Credit ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct revealed a lot of new information about the system yesterday, and one of the tidbits you may have noticed is that Japan is getting a Japanese-language only version of ...

NHK's documentary presentation featuring Japanese animation master Miyazaki Hayao has attracted many fans in China. The event was held on Saturday in Dongguan city in the southern province of ...