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The Shinkansen bullet train is symbolic of Japan’s position as a railway superpower.
China and Russia have jointly criticised the west, as well as pledging economic and security co-operation.
AUKUS is still a very new partnership, so expansion isn’t viewed as a priority until the envisioned technology sharing is proven to work.
One hundred years after her birth, Hideko Takamine’s films deserve to be more widely seen outside Japan
Heading into a parliamentary vote, there is very little gap between the ruling People Power Party and opposition Democratic Party – raising the prospect of a smaller party emerging as kingmaker.
Compared to its 1980 predecessor, the new FX series presents a more authentic portrayal of early modern Japan.
The invasion of Ukraine and increased Chinese pressure on Taiwan have prompted Japan to abandon decades of pacifism.
‘Wabi’ and ‘sabi’ are Japanese words with long histories, but they are rarely used together in the way Western designers have come to use the term.
For all its praise, the film furthers the dominant narrative of the bombs as a morally fraught but necessary project, with American anxieties playing a starring role.
The first cherry blossom viewing was organized in Japan by Emperor Saga in 812 C.E. In the ensuing years, poetry on cherry blossoms came to have a special place in Japanese culture.
Critics of the South Korean leader accuse him of eroding democracy at home while embracing a historic enemy on the international stage.
In medieval Japan, healing might mean taking medicine, undergoing an exorcism or sidestepping harm in the first place by avoiding inauspicious days.
Messi will not start a war in China, but this is not to say that football lacks political relevance.
A community of macaques in Japan has a high rate of disabled individuals who survive with behavioural flexibility and maternal care. Globally, primate disabilities are often related to human causes.
An homage to Honda Ishiro’s original 1954 film, the new hit Japanese film Godzilla Minus One centres on the human costs of war.
Tourists can do a number of things to avoid dangerous encounters with monkeys.
Japan is one of several countries that weren’t part of the space race of the 1950s and 1960s looking toward the Moon. They’ve now become the 5th country to have landed on its surface.
Nishimura Mako’s life in the yakuza was dangerous and violent.
Xi’s New Year address wasn’t about threatening Taiwan – there’s more going on than we think.
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