As the Lunar New Year approaches, the Richmond community is invited to vote for the Chinese character that best sums up 2024.

SUMOTO, Hyogo -- Wild monkeys in this western Japan city gathered on Dec. 25 to form the kanji character for "snake," the Chinese zodiac sign for 2025. Japanese macaques form the kanji character ...

The most common form of problem caused by the new My Number cards was the inability to correctly display older forms of Chinese kanji characters, resulting in black circle symbols, encountered by ...

It doesn’t take long to find the door I’m looking for — marked by tasselled red lanterns with the word ‘Ganrin-in’ written on ...

Meet the mistress of Nara’s last geisha house — a remarkable woman who’s on a mission to keep this complex tradition alive in her ancient city, a former capital of Japan.

After her mother dies during childbirth, partly — it is indicated — due to the baby’s size, the protagonist is sent to a ...

The Japanese convey their hopes for the new year through kakizome, the ritualized first calligraphy writing of the year.

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BORN Max van Gelder to a Jewish family in Amsterdam in 1916, Geldray was a pioneering jazz harmonica player.

Born Max van Gelder to a Jewish family in Amsterdam in 1916, Geldray was a pioneering jazz harmonica player.

2025 is the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. Around midnight on New Year’s ... Each strike of the bell will remove one troubling onno from you. The kanji jo (除) means “to throw away ...

Fairy tales for kids have been a part of storytelling culture as far as anyone can remember. These fables and legends often ...