When it was released back in 2020, Ghost of Tsushima struck a chord with players with its razor-sharp samurai gameplay and heavenly aesthetics. The open-world experience wasn’t entirely original, but ...

While many point to how lifelike the next blockbuster action title is or how gorgeous an artistic indie darling is when it comes to evaluating a game, these visuals would lose their impact without a ...

Notes and translations on slipcase. Includes 15 traditional folk songs from various parts of Japan. Sung in Japanese. Cast: Society for the Preservation of Japanese Folk songs, Shogetsu Watanabe, ...

Japanese folk songs evolved in the same way as English language ones even though they are sung in different tones and scales. Patrick Savage at Keio University in Japan and his colleagues analysed the ...

VALLEY CITY, N.D. - Hiromitsu Agatsuma, known for his masterful playing of the Tsugaru shamisen, will perform a concert at Valley City State University's Vangstad Auditorium at 7 p.m. April 16. Born ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Jerome White Jr moves like a U.S. rap star and sings like a Japanese crooner. The 26-year-old from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has stormed the charts here with his soulful ...

Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Karen Hopkin. You’re probably familiar with the concept of evolution. Living things evolve by accumulating genetic changes, which are ...

The Taste of Japan Festival returns to Anaheim STC Gardenwalk on Friday, June 16 and Saturday, June 17. The festival is free and features Japanese-inspired food such as ramen, takoyaki, and yakitori.

If you're interested in learning more about some of the more offbeat folk traditions of Japan, the Twitter account Unusual Festivals of Japan Club, (or ‘KFC’ for short; the ‘K’ in the acronym stands ...