Objects made from unexpected materials such as bandages, soil, sawdust and fallen leaves go on display May 30 at the ...

coated each helmet with Japanese lacquer and dye. Tamamushinuri is believed to have been developed for export purposes under a state policy in the 1930s at a national craftwork training center in ...

the only thing I enjoyed more than borrowing my mom’s jewelry was sorting through her jewelry box. I liked the organizational wonder of it, each ring nestled into its own soft nook, each ...

Rode chose to call the name of her company “Your Jou Jewelry” because of ancestry and personal connection. Jou is Rode's Japanese ancestor’s last name. The main product is Miyuki ...

This time we visit the Wajima Kirimoto studio on Japan’s west coast Noto Peninsula, where we find Wajima lacquer artisans and the beautiful urushi lacquerware they create by hand. Since the late Edo ...

This photo taken on July 12, 2024, shows a "white post" pornography drop box closed on a trial basis in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- In Japan, there is a little-known ...

Like the many editions before it, this latest Watch Instagram Power Rankings was a joy to put together and meticulously ...

cash and other valuables worth about 1.4 billion yen from about 60 safe deposit boxes, according to the bank. The bank, one of Japan’s three megabanks, was formed in 2006 by the merger of UFJ ...

Executives at a leading Japanese bank apologized and took pay cuts on Thursday after police arrested an employee who allegedly stole about 1.4 billion yen worth of valuables from customers’ safe ...

Japan Bank Executives Take Pay Cuts After Employee Is Accused of Stealing From Safe Deposit Boxes TOKYO (AP) — Executives at a leading Japanese bank apologized and took pay cuts on Thursday ...

In Japan, there is a little-known network of "white post" pornography drop boxes that were installed on streets decades ago to protect young people from exposure to explicit material not intended for ...