TAKAMATSU CITY, Japan >> Zipping along a two-way thoroughfare here, I gazed out at the parade of small apartment buildings, sporadic shops and single­-family homes. The scene could have been Anywhere, ...

The last high-rise disappeared in the rearview mirror as rice fields unfolded like a patchwork quilt stitched across the countryside. A thin mist hovered over narrow paddies, each sprout glowing green ...

Pacific Vistas: California and the Opening of Japan -- Apocalypse Now: A Bottom-Up View of the Years 1853 to 1868 -- Fukuzawa Yukichi, "A Petition on the Subjugation of Chōshū -- That Terrible Year ...

Why the country is quick to tear down its modern architectural masterpieces. By Naomi Pollock Reporting from Takamatsu, Japan This article is part of our Design special section about buildings, ...

A potter's paradise: the realm of ceramics in modern Japan / Meghen Jones -- Tradition, modernity, and national identity: celadon production at the Makuzu ceramic workshop, 1870-1916 / Clare Pollard - ...

AMMAN — The Japanese embassy in Jordan, in cooperation with the Politics and Society Institute, co-hosted an academic lecture entitled “The Formation of Japan’s Modern State: Focusing on Politics and ...

I got my first impression of Japanese culture through real-time strategy games, where choosing to play with the civilization meant getting disciplined units and sleek pagodas, and I've been a fan of ...

Tokyo feels like a deep library of neighborhoods and niche scenes; Seoul moves like a live feed of fast-changing districts. Here’s how the two capitals compete and cross-pollinate in pop, beauty, ...

Korea-Japan Art Exhibition Traces 80 Years of Exchange Yokohama Museum of Art and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea collaborate on historic showcase, inspiring hope for future rela ...

The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place. To accompany one of this issue’s stories, T invited three artists to make mascots inspired by The New York ...