Japan is set to take centre stage in the global art scene with an exciting lineup of world-class exhibitions, groundbreaking new museums and immersive art experiences in 2025. From the renowned ...

Kaii Higashiyama was a Japanese artist known for his nihonga style paintings that often depicted nature. Born in 1908 in Yokohama, Japan, he later lived in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan. He was educated at ...

This boom was caused both by the artists successfully publicising their work, and by a public delighted to see the triumphant progress of the Japanese depicted in art. While newspapers were only ...

By Eleanor Stanford The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of Roman sculptures, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has the urgency of the greatest contemporary art. By Jason Farago Textile ...

When is the best time to visit Japan? When is the best time to visit Tokyo? You have decided you want to travel to Japan - great! But now comes the hard part: planning. Everyone says to visit during ...

Spring season in Japan is characterized not just by the cherry blossoms, seasonal food and traditional and modern festivals and events, but also by the exceptional beauty that engulfs the land ...

April 5, 2025 • Organizers of Oakland's First Fridays art festival made a flyer promoting the event using AI, and are facing backlash for not using an actual artist. NPR's Scott Simon explains.

Many of Tohoku University’s facilities are built around and within the ancient war grounds of the city of Sendai. In 1913, Tohoku became the first university in Japan to admit female students. Tohoku ...

The first major posthumous survey of the Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) opens this month at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art before travelling to the Museum of Modern Art in ...

Wondering what to wear in Japan during your trip and what clothing is appropriate? The weather makes a huge difference in the kinds of clothes and accessories you'll want to pack! Plus, you'll want to ...

TOKYO -- Japanese stock futures were sharply lower on Thursday morning after U.S. President Donald Trump plowed ahead with harsher-than-expected tariffs despite warnings they would dent global growth.

The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand ...