During the second invasion, “Koan no Eki” (the Battle of Koan), this small island became a battlefield ... The foreign forces that suddenly appeared in that chapter of Japanese history were not only ...

Historical anime fans who enjoyed The Apothecary Diaries are spoiled with choice when it comes to other, similar anime of the ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

Japanese knotweed is a fast-growing and strong clump-forming perennial, with tall, dense annual stems. Stem growth is renewed each year from the stout, deeply-penetrating Rhizomes are creeping swollen ...

His latest book draws on his training in Chinese and Japanese Zen texts. Each poem takes inspiration from a koan — a pithy, riddle-like text specific to the Zen tradition — and locates its wisdom in ...

Good stories and artistic talent know no boundaries, and those captivated by exceptional cinematic experiences often look past subtitles. As cinema spreads across the globe, Japan shines as one of the ...

That offhand remark, almost like some sort of kitchen koan, has a resonance in the context of Reynold’s last big moment ... a bright green form of the mint-like Japanese herb. “I wanted to create a ...

It’s the void between Halloween and Christmas, but here are 10 great movies set in November that you need to see… You’re just getting over your Halloween candy waist expansion and the jingle of jingle ...

Any seismic activity of an intensity of 3 or higher on the Japanese scale that has occurred in the past 30 days is noted here.