The history of Japanese science fiction usually begins with the 1880 translations of Jules Verne’s From The Earth to the Moon and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Most Japanese science fiction of this ...

Through his book “Blind in Early Modern Japan: Disability, Medicine, and Identity,” Dr. Wei Yu Wayne Tan of the Hope College history faculty seeks to provide a new way of understanding not only ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Two early 20th century Japanese animated movies, crafted by pioneers of the "anime" that has since swept the world, have been found in good condition, a researcher at Tokyo's ...

The book “Blind in Early Modern Japan: Disability, Medicine, and Identity” by Dr. Wei Yu Wayne Tan of the Hope College history faculty has received multiple awards for excellence from professional ...

TOKYO >> As interest in the state of the country grows apace pre-Olympics, “The Land We Saw, the Times We Knew” provides fascinating insight into early-modern Japan. A neat collection of zuihitsu ...

Bonhams New York will auction a rare early-14th-century Japanese Ko-Seto heishi, or flask, as part of its “Fine Japanese & Korean Works of Art” sale on March 18. Seto wares have been produced in a ...