The writing for 'Shogun Season 2' is complete. The series, known for its historical drama, impressed at the 2025 Critics ...

In “Meiji Jibutsu Kigen” (Origins of things of the Meiji Era), author Kendo Ishii (1865-1943) recalls how his father gave ...

Kings and Generals continues its animated historical documentary series on Japan, exploring the history behind Sony’s newly announced game, Ghost of Yotei. Set in early 17th-century Hokkaido, the game ...

Netflix has presented a list of Japanese content for 2025, and among other things, showed the first frame of the series Last ...

The economic term for self-sufficiency is "autarky", borrowed from the ancient Greek word autarkeia, meaning "to suffice".

During this time the country was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate. An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago features over 30 of Tōshūsai Sharaku’s rarely shown ukiyo-e prints exemplifying the ...

FX and Hulu's Shōgun is officially coming back for a second season, with a third in the works as well. After the success of ...

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the most prolific and popular Ukiyo-e artists in Japan. The word Ukiyo-e means ...

After all, the cast was a highlight of the show set in a slightly fictionalized pre-Tokugawa shogunate Japan, securing five nominations for acting awards at this year's Emmys. Given that this show ...

The global popularity of blades forged in the western Japan city of Sakai is on the rise, with foreign tourists helping to ...