Prasso, a former Business Week Asia editor, asks if Westerners can look objectively at the Eastern region, blinded as they are by ""issues of race and sex, fantasy and power."" It's this worldview-one ...

The geishas glide with measured steps across a wooden stage, offering a glimpse of a long-misunderstood tradition that is becoming a rare sight in Japan. Dancing with paper fans and dressed in kimonos ...

Asian Art Museum Night of the Geisha gala dinner-dance celebrates the opening of "Geisha: Beyond the Painted Smile," the Asian's exhibition about the cultural perceptions of this uniquely Japanese ...

For most people, the word "geisha" conjures visions of Kyoto's Gion district. But there is another major geisha centre, one that even many Japanese don't know. The dancer glides noiselessly across the ...

Tourists will be banned from entering certain streets in Kyoto's famous geisha district after a surge in street performers being harassed and assaulted. Residents of the Japanese city have long ...

She thrilled her fans when she dressed in a kimono during a tour of Japan earlier this month. But Katy Perry has been accused of being racist after dressing as a Japanese geisha for the opening ...