Editor's note: Chinese calligraphy is the artistic practice of writing Chinese characters using a brush and ink. Celebrated for its aesthetic beauty and cultural depth, Chinese calligraphy is not ...

With about 1.6 million deaths and 720,988 births, there were about two deaths for every new baby born. Japanese governments have proposed policies to reverse this trend, but they have so far had ...

The 700-year-old scroll by renowned calligrapher Rao Jie fetched over $32 million after a heated bidding battle at Sotheby’s.

calligraphy, face painting, ring toss, water-balloon fishing and photos. Vendors sold Japanese ceramics, food and T-shirts.

The noble art of boxing and the ancient discipline of calligraphy may seem worlds apart - but a new exhibition in Bradford is showcasing the fascinating commonalities between the two practices.

Some works include compositions executed in the “vortex” technique, alongside subtle references to Japanese calligraphy, whose sacred qualities he acknowledges. Jabbari draws inspiration from a ...

Bob Fuchigami, who was imprisoned in the Amache incarceration camp in Colorado during WWII and spent much of his life advocating for Japanese-Americans, has died at the age of 94. Fuchigami was ...

There, on April 12 and 13, "human shogi" matches were played on a large Full article Easy Japanese news in translation: 800,000 LEDs light up avenue near Tokyo's Roppongi Hills ...

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The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand ...