A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

Yasuhide Uno bounced back from a career low to build his U-Next into a streaming giant. Now he’s eyeing $1 trillion in ...

The National Theater has been the home of traditional Japanese performing arts since its opening in 1966. Now the aging ...

I am smitten with Tokyo's eclectic mix of modern cosmopolitanism and old world Japan,' confesses Dinesh Raheja.

The controversial 2003 film, which earned multiple Oscar nominations, lands on a new streaming home over 20 years after its ...

Jin Minakata is a surgeon in present-day Tokyo. In a few minutes, he finds himself surrounded in a wooded area by “samurai” ...

pausing briefly to bow before a gate to the imperial palace.” Historian Donald Keene, in “Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul of Japan,” adds this detail: The ...

Walk Japan’s five-day Nakasendo Way: The Kiso Road walk costs 256,000 yen (about $2642) a person twin share, and includes all ...

Featuring Citadelle Gin Original, fino sherry, a jasmine and lemongrass cordial, and orange blossom, the Crystal Diva ...

Japan has been struggling to cope with a combination of anaemic economic growth and a shrinking population for over 30 years. 2025 marks the tipping point when the rising costs outstrip the country's ...

From fascinating woodblock prints and beautiful landscape paintings to eye-catching sculptures, Japanese artists have created ...