One of the only unambiguous extended pleasures I experienced in 2020 was that of reading all five volumes of “The Cazalet Chronicles,” by Elizabeth Jane Howard, back to back. “Sunlight refurbished the ...

A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ruralness, natural beauty, every thing, in short, in contrast with the ...

With its elegant presentation of Stephen Sondheim’s “Pacific Overtures,” San Francisco’s Kunoichi Productions is fulfilling ...

But no country other than Israel ever came into existence by virtue of its future citizens quietly, peaceably, buying land, ...

“He was holding a red leather box, and inside was a ruby necklace, which glittered in the warm light,” she wrote in her 2002 book ... Japanese flora and fauna. Today, Cartier is an advocate for ...

Japanese officials are dismissing alarm over the prediction of a July “catastrophe” in a comic book, “The Future I Saw,” ...

Japan and South Korea are marking the 60th anniversary of the normalization of their diplomatic relations on Sunday, as both ...

Five paddlers completed a journey from Taiwan to Yonaguni Island, across some of the world's fastest oceanic currents, ...

Conservatives in Japan are urging the government to take action against a museum in Toronto run by a Chinese-Canadian organisation, accusing it of distorting history and harming the country’s ...

Queer History 101 is a fully virtual, monthly book club. The pair releases one video episode a month, as well as the occasional live chat; in April, the two hosted an interview with Harriet Tubman ...

Japan’s agriculture minister, Taku Etō, resigned on May 21 just six months into his term, following a public backlash to his joke that he never buys rice because supporters give it to him for free.