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The Japanese tea room teaches traditional Chanoyu tea rituals, passed down by Samurai, in the heart of the city. For tea master Yoshitsugu Nagano, it's a perfect fit. "New York is kind of like a ...

Tokyo police have rearrested a 31-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of impersonating a police officer during a phone call to scam another man out of his money, sources said Wednesday.

Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater spoke about taking risks in art at the Berlin Film Festival press conference for their new film “Blue Moon” on Tuesday, saying that this diminishes when money ...

400 years ago, a stitching technique called sashiko surged among working rural communities in Japan. Intended to reinforce fabrics for brutal winters, it also results in intricately textured ...

A Japanese executive of the Chinese unit of major drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc. who has been detained in China on suspicion of espionage since March last year was indicted in mid-August.

Chinese authorities have fined the former operator of Manga Bank, which was one of the largest pirated Japanese manga websites in the world, for illegally providing the content. Major Japanese ...