A new Valentine’s Day work by U.K. street artist Banksy, showing a young girl firing a slingshot of flowers, has been defaced after appearing on ...

The audience, most of whom are in their 20s and 30s, wave glow sticks and holler as the lights go down for the start of ...

An introduction to Zen practice, by one of Japan's leading practicioners.

The best in children’s literature earns devout adult fans too, and perhaps no other Japanese writer embodies such cross-generational popularity than Shuntaro Tanikawa.Frequently touted for ...

Yukiko Mishima addresses the dangers of traditional gender roles with her latest film, "Shape of Red," adapted from a Rio Shimamoto novel.

A slew of Japanese artists are set to appear at the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, between March 16 and ...

Take a look at the world of Unidol, in which teams of Japanese university students emulate the moves of pop groups in a battle to ...

In Hikari's debut feature, first-time actor Mei Kayama plays a woman determined to become a manga artist, but who must overcome her lack of life ...

Keishi Otomo's latest film looks at two colleagues whose blossoming bromance threatens to turn into something more mysterious.

South Korea’s status as a cultural juggernaut just got a serious shot of international credibility.“Parasite,” a dark comedy about the divisions of wealth and class, ...

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals bring their brand of blues and folk-tinged roots rock to Japan for their first tour in 14 years.

The NMAO attempts the difficult task of discerning the "underlying presence of Japanese aesthetics in postwar art.

Feb. 15-May 24A pioneer of postwar abstract sculpture, Kiichi Sumikawa is known for his use of clay, wood, stone and other natural materials. He has ...

Feb. 15-March 22Kuchi-e prints, illustrations included in the introductory pages of books and magazines, were particularly prevalent from the late Meiji Era (1887-1912) to the ...

Feb. 15-March 14Hideo Nagai’s large-scale sculptures, such as “Baba Project” (2001), are well known in Japan for being both unusual and humorous in their expression. ...