Tokyo Correspondence

ways of saying 'yes' in Japanese a poem by Yuri Kageyama "Hai!!" That's the correct way of replying when spoken to in ...

Every year about this time of the year Japanese _ it seems every Japanese brings out big blue sheets of plastic to sit beneath cherry trees....

as a parent, i have always tried to instill in my son pride in one's identity (race, culture, national origin). but i don't think i ...

I've never liked weddings. I find them frightening. Weddings are a very expensive performance designed to present an image of a social c...

"Relative deprivation" is a concept in sociology, which refers to the common phenomenon of people's dissatisfaction not being ...

Amanojaku led by master drummer and composer Yoichi Watanabe did their "live" concert at Astro Hall in Harajuku THU Aug 20. The st...

Jellyfish in Monterey photo by Annette Dorfman.

AMANOJAKU plays on a TV show about the annual Sumida River fireworks airing 7 p.m.-8:54 p.m. for a collaboration between Taiko and Hanabi....

Found on YouTube scenes of Amanojaku performing in Dubai in February as part of "FIESTA Japanese Food Night" at the Grand Mi...

"I want an apology from the police and prosecutors," was what Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, said after winning freedom from what DNA tests...

Photo by Ryan Bruss. Japanese culture values process _ not just results. It is not a pragmatic culture. And so how you do something is as im...

KAKIJUN is something that could have significance only in Japan. Kakijun refers to the rules on properly writing kanji characters _ specific...

Cat by Mino. More on the exhibit at Flew Gallery on through March 12. Get off Sanguibashi Station on the Odakyu Line (two stops from Shinj...

Masks, photos, miniatures, sculpture, prints and other artwork are on exhibit at a tiny house-turned-gallery, tucked away in an alley like a...

Meeting a ninja isn't something that happens everyday. But it's always uplifting to witness immersion in an endeavor for its unwor...