Learning Japanese can be an exciting but challenging journey. With three writing systems (hiragana, katakana, and kanji) and ...

So, today let's shed some light on one tiny slice of Japanese culture: the usubata vase.

SUNY Cortland will round out Black History Month (BHM) through February with lectures, workshops and panel presentations and ...

Many Chinese artifacts feature markings from previous ... As for usubata vases, they will often have kanji stamps or signatures on the bottom, sometimes reflecting the artist or manufacturer ...

Meiji-era prostitutes, whose names are etched in stone, find a voice in a new book by Georgina Challen and Yoshiko Nakano One ...

China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump ...

China has signed an agreement with Pakistan to send a Pakistani astronaut to its space station, Tiangong, making it the first time a foreign national will be on board. The collaboration includes ...

Written on the back is Foujita’s full name in kanji characters, as well as the Japanese for January 1912. “The painting has a lively touch, making it appear as if brown leaves are about to ...

The app supports text and voice translation for 13 languages, including English, Chinese and Korean, according to the printing and communication services company. Text-only translations are ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has published a comprehensive disaster guide. It’s recommended that you download it and read it right now (or even better, after you read it, print it out and ...

Son Goku is one of the most iconic anime characters in history and it's all thanks to Akira Toriyama's confidence in his own ...

Photo by Tanaphong Toochinda on Unsplash China does not include the debts of state-owned enterprises into its accounts. These businesses, which are controlled either by the central government or by ...