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 ...

Eventually, more durable wax cylinders replaced the tinfoil. By the late 1800s, music recordings were sold in cylindrical containers featuring Edison’s name. In 1887, German immigrant Emile ...

Japan is known for being one of the most fashion-forward places on the planet. Does it deserve its reputation? On the ground, the fashion landscape is changing. Japan’s luxury fashion market has ...

"Q&A Communism and Freedom: Das Kapital as a Guide"(Tentative translation) (September 5, 2024) Disposable Time and The Theory of The Future Society -Pursuing Marx's Footsteps(Tentative translation ...

The spiciest ramen is served in a black bowl. Japan’s favorite comfort food comes in various guises. Some ramen aficionados give top rank to Hakata ramen in Fukuoka for its combination of pork ...

"I think they probably just did it as a favor to Leo — but when they were doing Great Gatsby, I had just come off of The Lucky One...which is also a Warner Brothers movie. I did reach out and ...

The classic as past and prologue. A century ago, on April 10, 1925, The Great Gatsby was published by Scribner. One month later, Carl Van Vechten, a novelist, photographer, and Zelig-like ...

It’s a period closely associated with The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald’s cult-classic novel from 1925, which turns 100 this year. Set in New York state, and waltzing between the ...

Think of the disservice done F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, “The Great Gatsby,” when an educator decides that the words the author chose with artistic precision can be discarded in favor ...

TOKYO, March 6 — The Japanese government plans to invite to Japan this summer stateless people born to Japanese nationals and left in the Philippines after World War II, to coincide with the ...

Our world has too much noise and too little context. Vox helps you understand what matters. We don’t drown you in panic-inducing headlines, and we’re not obsessed with being the first to break ...

Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan in the 2013 film adaptation of ‘The Great Gatsby’ (Warner Bros) No adaptation of The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald’s most famous work, has managed to ...