The auction includes many prints by other Japanese 19th century artists, with estimates from €150-€400. Moving outside the capital, Christmas gift shoppers and collectors of antiques and other ...

Kenneth "Kenny" Turner, 79, was living a quiet life as an antique shop owner in Fieldale, Virginia, when he disappeared on April 12. "I think somebody picked him up and took him somewhere ...

Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...

Japan’s influence on menswear over the past several decades has been profound. At this stage, in fact, it’s practically to the point of cliché. Ask a cool guy who makes his cool pants.

Kathleen Sorbara founded the beloved vintage boutique Chickee’s, and she’s got a fresh idea for her devoted customer base. By Marisa Meltzer “I’m such a tag nerd,” said Kathleen Sorbara ...

A popular antiques event is returning to a Norfolk venue after several years away. Lomax Antiques Fairs is a family-run business that was taken over in 2023 by Anthony Keer, his wife and their ...

A friend recently asked if I knew where he could get a “vintage” Sony Walkman for his 14-year-old daughter’s Birthday. That’s all she wants, he said. Not an iPhone. Not a PlayStation.

“You can feel that this tree is still alive.” Some 140 years ago, laborers on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, soaked a massive felled tree in the ocean for 12 month ...

The tourism sun is shining bright over Japan as visitor numbers and revenues reach an all-time high in 2024. The challenge: sustaining the growth through 2025. Japan's foreign visitor spending ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

I know it is a strange idea for those of us from western countries where stating facts isn't a crime or liable but this is Japan and that is the law. This is why on so many of these articles many here ...

Even though Japan's greenhouse gas emissions have decreased throughout the past decade, air pollution causes over 44 thousand deaths annually. Rapid industrial development, economic growth ...