Director Nick Ishimaru and crew determined to bring play's surprising blend of cultures back to the Bay. Stephen Sondheim and ...

Japan was isolated from the outside world due to years of internal conflict and fear of colonization by European powers. When Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Edo Bay in 1853, he changed the course ...

I glanced around a little longer and was about to leave when the Farben Japans (Colors of Japan) pamphlet first caught my ... of topics like Pure Land Buddhism or the forced opening to trade in 1853, ...

For hundreds of years, Japan was notorious for being closed off to foreigners. The "yokoso" (welcome) sign at Tokyo's Narita Airport is "clearly provisional and time-limited", said Philip Patrick ...

Yumeshima Station, the closest station to the Osaka-Kansai Expo venue, experienced significant congestion with visitors on its opening day ... Station in Osaka, Japan Video Recording Date/Time ...

Japan’s prime minister urged the importance of unity in a world plagued by “divisions” at a futuristic but also tradition-steeped opening ceremony for the World Expo yesterday. Everything ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who once described the trade uncertainties Japan faces as a “national crisis”, said on April 12 during the nationally broadcast Expo opening ceremony ...

Japan's Prime Minister urged the importance of unity in a world plagued by "divisions" at a futuristic but also tradition-steeped opening ceremony for the World Expo on Saturday (April 12 ...

Osaka (Japan) (AFP) – Japan's prime minister urged the importance of unity in a world plagued by "divisions" at a futuristic but also tradition-steeped opening ceremony for the World Expo on ...

OSAKA, Japan — Japan's prime minister urged the importance of unity in a world plagued by "divisions" at a futuristic but also tradition-steeped opening ceremony for the World Expo on Saturday.