Ancient kingdom ... Shangjing' at Japan’s Osaka Museum of History Japan’s Osaka Museum of History has come under fire for using a Chinese-style term for the ancient Korean kingdom of Balhae.

Take, for example, the case of an ancient statue both Japan ... of diplomatic ties between Japan and South Korea. Then, as now, Washington wanted its Asian allies to shelve their historical ...

From ancient Shaolin ... arts series. Asian martial arts are as diverse and varied as the region itself, from Shaolin kung fu (China) and judo (Japan) to taekwondo (Korea) and Muay Thai (Thailand ...