Hello Kitty's company, Sanrio, may create some adorable mascots, but these 10 alternate Japanese mascots deserve just as much ...

Before the invention of the microscope and the field of entomology emerged, Joris Hoefnagel devoted himself to the natural world.

Tiffany & Co. has followed its massive renovation of its Fifth Avenue flagship with a new Tokyo flagship—its largest in all ...

An exhibition at the National Gallery of Art explores the work of 16th- and 17th-century artists who captured nature’s ...

FROM THE PRICE AND PROMISE of a single egg to the life of the chicken who laid it, here are eight stories that reflect upon the world’s most popular bird.

London-based Sigrún Sumarliðadóttir recalls how her collection started with gifts from her parents and became touchstones of ...

Mixed-media artist Indu Varma of Sackville, N.B., looks at birds from a different perspective. Varma, who grew up in India, has created a 16-piece exhibit called Birds & their Symbolism. It is ...

The Japan-inclined daughter of a Belgian diplomat, Amélie Nothomb has published several books about her upbringing in Asia, ...

On May 21, 2025, the first edition of the Music Awards Japan unfolded at the ROHM Theatre in Kyoto’s Sakyo district, marking the start of a two-day celebration. The event continued on May 22, 2025.

Asian art has been collected in the West over many generations and inspired many famous European productions. An example is the Japanese porcelain from the Kakiemon kilns, the styles of which that ...

Tokyo, SANA - Syria participated in the 24th JAALA International Art Exchange Exhibition - 2025, organized by the Japan, Asia, Africa and Latin America Artists Association, at the Tokyo Museum of ...