A new exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art showcases the longtime cultural meaning in the practice of chanoyu ...

“The cat has a red collar and probably belonged to Buddha,” the temple’s head priest said. “This conveys the feelings people at that time had for cats.” Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed. Core ...

I have been granted the extraordinary privilege of seeing Osaka from a place of supreme comfort. As I write from 33 stories above the city’s bustling streets, I’m propped up on Simmons bedding ...

Seamless paper screens. Forest lights. Temple-inspired chairs. Purist bathtubs. A micro-house. Rippling tatami wall panels. And a washi-wrapped church interior. The presence of Japanese design was ...

Dior creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri showed her fall fashion collection of loose, minimalist styles in the garden of Toji temple in Kyoto ... including traditional Japanese textile company ...

On the island of Naoshima, in the Seto Inland Sea – where the Sea of Japan meets the Pacific – art devotees from all over the world venture on 21st-century pilgrimages. Right now, the island is flush ...

As one of the most influential cartoonists and editors of his generation, Art Spiegelman played a pivotal role in elevating comics into a respected literary and artistic medium. “Art Spiegelman ...

Tucked deep in the Japanese countryside, an abandoned villa hides a breathtaking secret — a million-dollar art collection, left untouched for decades. Inside are priceless paintings, rare ...

MILAN — Milan Design Week, which hosts various design and art events in and around Milan, began on Monday and will run through Sunday. Many Japanese companies and brands, such as Time & Style, a ...

Yet prejudice against Fukushima still lingers online. This report spotlights a local student tackling this issue through art.