At the end of the 16th century, the country was pacified by Lord Nobunaga, who disciplined the samurai and put an end to the ...

SUBMITTED BY SALT SPRING BAROQUE Salt Spring Baroque is starting its 2025 season on Wednesday, Feb. 12 with German soprano Dorothee Mields and Vancouver harpsichordist Alexander Weimann in Love, Hope, ...

The 1930s and 40s were time a of great pain for the Chinese people. Exploited by nearly all of the great foreign powers for ...

Emoji date back to 1999 when they first appeared on Japanese cell phones. But it’s history goes further than that, because ...

HIKONE, Shiga Prefecture—Hikone Castle, a prominent 17th-century structure here ... has supported Japan’s nomination strategy that emphasizes the castle’s role in sustaining the feudal ...

On a quiet summer evening in June 1990, Pico Iyer sat in his family home in Santa Barbara, California, when suddenly, he was ...

The traditional Japanese designs received a favorable ... It is said that the dyeing techniques were pioneered by 17th-century painter Miyazaki Yuzensai. In particular, "Kyo-tegaki-yuzen" is ...

The film's main characters are two Portuguese Jesuit priests in 17th-century Japan during the time of Kakure Kirishitan ("Hidden Christians"). Pope Francis spoke of the "sowing" of the Jesuits in ...

The British School, 17th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction.

How do you say "deepfake," "ASAP" and "digital" in Korean? The fight to keep foreign words from diluting the language ...