Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami” at Gagosian’s Mayfair branch in London showcases the Japanese polymathic artist in remix mode as he updates important pieces from his country’s artistic ...

Bellevue introduces "Emerging Radiance," honoring Japanese American farm families affected by WWII incarceration.

Long underused as a venue, the “Unzipped Wall” on South First Street will get a regular activation on weekends through Memorial Day.

The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), located in Seattle, steps into the realm of folklore and fantasy with its upcoming exhibition, "Asian Comics: Evolution of ...

Surveillance video from Jan. 18, around 11:30 p.m. shows a person, with what appears to be makeup or paint around their eyes, ...

The Sapporo Snow Festival is an annual weeklong event that dates to 1950 in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's main islands. The festival features around 200 sculptures, according to the Japan ...

Plus: Spellling's spell-binding new one, Mary Lou Williams' 'Zodiac Suite' live, a De La Soul treasure, more great music to ...

Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a yet ...

Another such area is Atami City, which is approximately an hour and a half away from Tokyo. Here, Atami-zakura blooms alongside a serene stream, also blooming about a month earlier than the average ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—The mayor of this Rust Belt city is tracking so many infrastructure investments that he is running out of room on his whiteboard. There are new parks, sidewalks and housing ...

Fukuoka, a vibrant city in Japan, is renowned for its unique food culture. Small, open-air, mobile food stands – called yatai – offer an array of local delicacies and give the city its unique ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude-7.3 earthquake that killed over 6,400 people, with many hoping to keep alive the memories as the ...