Lacquer art is widely applied in the making of various items, such as bowls. [Photo provided to China Daily] From the collections of five museums in Hubei province, a production hub of lacquer ...

The same is true when it comes to Japan. Gaming fans can easily travel to and around Japan thanks to these fun and complex games that let their players explore everything from modern Tokyo to ...

Seiko has added its favorite complication to another watch, this time one featuring a handcrafted dial with multiple layers of urushi lacquer.

Kirshner says, “It is important to understand that renovating and maintaining these vintage houses can be very expensive.” A Machiya in Kyoto. Japan has many advantages as a place to live.

“There were absolutely no swatches of [L’Orangerie] online,” she says. That lack of intel inspired her to start documenting ...

The Japanese education system has often been criticized for heavily valuing scores and rote memorization. Nonetheless, Japanese students have continuously scored above the worldwide average in the ...

Japan joined the World Bank in August 1952, the year after the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty. Starting in 1953, a number of projects were implemented in Japan with World Bank loans for the ...

TOKYO—Japan is planning a multibillion-dollar network of small satellites to monitor ships and military sites, its latest response to a barrage of pressure from China that includes a recent ...

Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s new prime minister after winning his party’s leadership contest on Friday, following a crowded race that ended in a runoff vote.

Kyoto, Japan in the spring. Experts say the best time to visit Japan is during the cherry blossom season from late March to mid-May. In Japan, fall foliage stretches late into the year ...