Cooking for the Maiko House, a gentle drama adapted from a popular manga about young girls adapting to life in a geisha house in Kyoto. That show was partly a showcase for young Japanese ...

Cooking for the Maiko House, a gentle drama adapted from a popular manga about young girls adapting to life in a geisha house in Kyoto. That show was partly a showcase for young Japanese directorial ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lawmakers applaud as Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, standing, was elected for a new prime minister ...

Did you know that, despite the reputation as hard workers, Japan has many public holidays? So, when exactly are Japan’s public holidays? And how many do they have in a year? When planning your trip to ...

Explore the centuries-old Nishiki Market, which is home to more than 130 food vendors and shops. Sample signature Kyoto dishes like pickled vegetables, Japanese pike conger eel, fried fish cakes, ...

Good stories and artistic talent know no boundaries, and those captivated by exceptional cinematic experiences often look past subtitles. As cinema spreads across the globe, Japan shines as one of the ...

Shiori Shakuto received funding from the Australian Government, Australian National University and Cambridge University to conduct research for this project. What makes a good retirement?

Escape into a world of immersive soundtracks with film fanatic Edith Bowman. With music by Hans Zimmer, Natalie Holt and Segun Akinola, featuring soundtracks from Gladiator and Memoirs Of A Geisha.

A user on X (formerly Twitter, formerly a reasonably good social media platform) recently clicked “post” on a series of observations made during his first, month-long trip to Japan.

Japan launched a flagship H3 rocket carrying a Defense Ministry communications satellite Monday, its third consecutive successful liftoff following a botched debut in 2023. The H3 series is the ...

American author Arthur Golden interviewed her for background information when writing his 1997 book, Memoirs of a Geisha. [1] Iwasaki later regretted interviewing for Golden, having cited a breach of ...