A traditional Japanese sewing technique called sashiko, taught to victims of a 2011 disaster, has sparked a business creating ...

For decades, the gamchha has been a ubiquitous presence on Indian streets. The traditional scarf, made out of a red-and-white ...

Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East ...

Ikebana, the Japanese floral art, is an ideal way to connect with nature and find inner harmony. This ancient art not only beautifies your surroundings but also offers a path to mental peace and ...

Côme Fournel, 14 and an eighth-grader at Rochester Arts and Sciences Academy, is a French exchange student whose family is helping raise money for the school's upcoming trip to Japan by offering ...

TOKYO -- Li Yalin, a 28-year-old second-year master's student at the private Kyoto University of the Arts, moved to Japan in 2019 after earning a degree from a university in China. She was ...

Searching all of Japan for handcrafted items that express its heart and soul, our proprietor, KASHIYUKA, presents things that bring a bit of luxury to everyday life. This time we visited the Ozeki ...

Ito won damages worth ¥3.3m (£17,387) and immediately became the face of the #MeToo movement in Japan. Yamaguchi, then 53, denied the accusations and filed a countersuit, claiming the incident w ...

In the heart of London’s Piccadilly, the Embassy of Japan is hosting Sustainable Textile Futures: Contemporary Design Responses to Traditional Japanese Craft, an exhibition that reimagines age-old ...

Inside the Sustainable Textile Futures exhibition at London’s Embassy of Japan, The exhibition – which is in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan and supported by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign ...