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Japan's Myanmar-born designer Zarny Shibuya

Japan accepts few immigrants and struggles to integrate long-term foreign residents. But Myanmar-...

Japan / Myanmar AFP/Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura

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Of Hope and Hiroshima

Review of Kenzaburo Oe's Hiroshima Notes, Grove Press, 1996.

Japan Kenneth Champeon

Jessica Renslow

Jessica Renslow- Linguistic Wizard of Studiopolis Inc.

In the past several years, Anime has turned into a massive television industry, rapidly becoming ...

Japan Will Raus

'Memoirs of a Geisha' Recipes and Photos

This light, classic Japanese menu features an array of bite sized portions, including sashimi, su...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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Japan's Cat Island

Tashiro, is a small (3.14-square-kilometre, 7.9-square-mile) island known as Cat Island, 20 kilom...

Japan AFP/Miwa Suzuki

Snow Falling on Cedars

Film Review: Snow Falling on Cedars

A land dispute fueled by racial prejudice lies at the heart of this post-World War II drama. When...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Waseda University Library, Tokyo, Japan.

Asian Libraries - Japan

Chiba University Chiba Japan The University Library consists of the Central Library on Nishichiba...

Japan Christina Gosnell

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Japanese 'cosplay' draws huge following in Taiwan

Taiwanese "cosers" follow a fashion that aims to combine costume and roleplay based on characteri...

Japan / Taiwan AFP/Amber Wang

From The Sushi Book by Celeste Heiter, photography by Marc Schultz

Japan fights to save "real sushi"

The Japanese government, joined by some leading local chefs, has launched a campaign to preserve ...

Japan AFP/Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura

After the bombing of Hiroshima a father buried his son with his tricycle.

The Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima is an almost eerily quiet place.

Japan MaryLou Driedger

Matsuri! Japanese Festival Arts

Late one summer afternoon, hearing laughter rising from the busy Tokyo sidewalk below my hotel, I...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Exploring Japan...In San Francisco

Twelve city blocks in the heart of San Francisco are home to a thriving Japanese community. Bound...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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Ten Study Abroad Programs in Japan

A number of variables shape a student's study abroad experience in Japan: whether you live with a...

Japan Dawn Stanton

Edward Espe Brown in How to Cook Your Life

Film Review: How to Cook Your Life

With food as both context and metaphor, documentary filmmaker Doris Dorrie focuses her lens on Ze...

Japan / China Celeste Heiter

Rice is a very important part of life in Japan. It is serves as the foundation of every meal. The...

Japan Frank Lev

Perhaps the most anticipated and beloved celebration in Japan is the season known as Ohanami. The word translates as flower watching, and depending upon the weather in mid-spring, sometime during the month of April, the entire nation of Japan bursts into bloom with the ubiquitous sakura, the flowering cherry tree. The sakura create a frosty-pink canopy over city parks and country hillsides alike, and the people of Japan emerge after the long winter to rejoice in this ephemeral season. Beneath a canopy of blossoms, street vendors offer an array of traditional foods, including yakitori, skewers of savory grilled chicken.

The Taste of Japan

A story told with photos.

Japan Robert George

A Japanese pancake artist at work

Japanese Pancakes

There are many good reasons to spend time in Hiroshima. The excellent food is definitely one of t...

Japan MaryLou Driedger

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Film Review: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Koichi Takata is a man on a mission: A quest across the vast plains of central China to videotape...

Japan / China Celeste Heiter

Fans release balloons at a baseball game in Osaka.

Take Me Out To The Ball Game- Osaka Style

Japan is a country that is passionate about baseball.

Japan MaryLou Driedger

The Twilight Samurai

Film Review: The Twilight Samurai

Edo Japan on the eve of the Meiji Restoration is the setting for this understated samurai drama, ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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