Students also received a crash course in soroban history. China introduced its version of the abacus to Japan in the 1600s, and the Japanese refined it to suit their needs, according to a video ...

In March 1943, Japanese sailors were thrown to the decks ... would become one of the most devastating naval air assaults in history. General Douglas MacArthur later described it as "one of the ...

The events of Feb. 28, 2025, generated a sense of shock and dread that resonated with the reaction to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot — a feeling that something terribly wrong and irreversible had ...

Struggling to master a new skill? What if the secret to success wasn’t found in modern hacks but in an ancient Japanese philosophy? Meet Geidō, a 700-year-old tradition that transforms learning ...

Mount Yoshino offers a good (and beautiful) reason to get out of Tokyo and Kyoto and venture off the beaten path. Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited ...

“Given the increasingly severe international situation, I believe we may truly be at a turning point in history,” Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said at the start of the meeting with ...

Visual novel The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Midsummer’s Mirage and the Journey of Dreams will launch for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC via Steam on October 2 in Japan for 5,280 yen, publisher ...

TOTTORI—The face of a Japanese woman who lived around 1,800 years ago and wouldn't look out of place today has been re-created in a stunning visualization. A bust of the long-deceased woman ...

But as Ohtani himself acknowledges, plenty of work was needed to reach what is undeniably a high point in the history of Japanese baseball. “It’s hard to tell if this is the golden age for ...