Now that summer has loosened its torrid grip, a trip to this outdoor museum in the western Tokyo suburbs is a perfect way to ...

The Thomas Balch Library on Tuesday displayed a new art collection called “Echoes of the East: Selections from the Asian Art Collection of Morven Park.” ...

A mountain man loses his connection to nature in this strange but stunning portrait of modernity set in the shadow of the ...

The Meiji Restoration of 1868 ended the Bakufu period. A bad economy and the 1853 visit by Commodore Perry’s “Black Ships,” ...

Striving to restore their original appearances, many feudal-era castles around Japan are replacing their ... a government edict issued after the Meiji Restoration in 1868 that brought an end ...

KYOTO -- The Jidai Matsuri, one of the three major festivals in the ancient Japanese capital and a ... from the Heian period (794-1185) to the Meiji Restoration (mid- to late 19th century) paraded ...

An epic novel in two parts, it is set against a historical backdrop spanning the years from before, during and after the Meiji Restoration ... eiga" (fast movie) in Japanese.

one of the three major festivals in the ancient Japanese capital and a colorful autumn event, was held on Oct. 22. Some 2,000 ...

Modern scientific study progressed in tandem with Japan’s rapid industrialization following the 1868 Meiji Restoration. Authorities rushed to hold national industrial exhibitions and establish museums ...