Lanterns decorate the plaza in front of Nippori station, in Tokyo, for obon.
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Each summer, during the obon festival, apanese people clean altars and family graves to welcome back their ancestors. These contemporary traditions are rooted in ancient rituals.
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Issey Miyake’s clothing is both theatrical and practical. The Japanese designer has died aged 84.
‘Lower Meguro (Shimo Meguro)’, artist: Katsushika Hokusai, c1830–32.
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Japanese people had to rely totally on materials already present within the country.
Priests from several religions pray for the victims of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki upon the 60th anniversary.
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As Japanese victims struggled to process the nuclear attack, many turned to religion. The way they understood the horror still has consequences today.
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Seven years in the making, this disturbing Australian film looks at the death of 100,000 citizens in during the second world war.
People line up to pay their respects before the funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on July 12, 2022, at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo.
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A scholar of Japanese religion explains the connections that Japan’s political parties have with several religious groups and how religion is tied in with the legacy of Shinzo Abe.
Shinzo Abe: Japan’s longest-serving post-WWII prime minister, who was assassinated on July * 2022.
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Abe was Japan’s longest-serving post-war PM. His legacy, while considerable, is mixed.
In the 1920s and 1930s there were a number of attacks on prime ministers, sometimes after they left office.
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Shinzo Abe’s murder is the latest political attack in Japan, a country which has strict gun laws.
Former Japanese prime minster Shinzo Abe being taken to hospital following a shooting on Friday July 8th.
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The world is in shock after news Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been shot dead during a speech in Nara, western Japan.
Nakashima Harumi, born Ena City, Gifu prefecture, 1950, Struggling forms, c2005, Ena City, Gifu prefecture, porcelain, under and overglaze, 66.0 x 49.0 x 43.0 cm.
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Pure Form at the Art Gallery of South Australia brings together some of Japan’s most interesting post-war art.
Leaders of the ‘Quad’ alliance, including new member, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese, left.
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The security landscape in the Asia-Pacific region is shifting in the face of China’s increasingly assertive foreign policy.
The ‘bad’ Yakuza boss, Tozawa in the series Tokyo Vice.
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The show is an accurate representation of how the yakuza see themselves and their culture.
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More gunboats and weapons in the Asia-Pacific region will not enhance regional or global security.
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As New Zealand considers how and whether to incorporate traditional Māori knowledge in the science curriculum, what might we learn from the experiences of Japan?
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Despite the name, Children’s Day is usually considered as a festival of boys.
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A mermaid with face of a monkey and body of fish has reignited interest in the Japanese ningyo
In a 1949 photograph, Mori works in his family’s nursery in San Leandro, Calif.
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On Dec. 2, 1941, a publication date was set for Mori’s first book. Five days later, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, upending the writer’s life and throwing the book’s publication into doubt.
The US, Australia, Japan and India are keen to show they are not merely reacting to their rivals’ agendas, but are able to offer their own ambitious solutions for the Indo-Pacific.
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Any climate gains from Japan’s shift will be wiped out entirely unless Australia moves to zero-emissions ammonia production.
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Research from Japan has found that a certain type of gut bacteria appears to lower the rate of COVID deaths.