A traditional Japanese festival is being adapted for poodles and Pomeranians, amid a booming pet industry and a dearth of ...

Tokyo woke up on Saturday, September 6 in a festive and symbolic atmosphere. The Imperial Palace in the Japanese capital was filled with solemnity to celebrate a historic event: the coming of age of ...

TOKYO (AP) — Clad in an elegant kimono of pale green, tea ceremony instructor Keiko Kaneko uses a tiny wooden spoon to place a speck of matcha into a porcelain bowl. She froths up the special powdered ...

See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from this month’s KQED 9, PLUS and Passport schedules. Videos from KQED Live Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Donor ...

American and Japanese officials gathered in Pearl Harbor on Monday as commemorations of the anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, ...

Bowdoin’s Morita-Sensei celebrates Japanese culture by supplementing her students’ learning of the Japanese language with the complex yet rewarding art of sadō, the Japanese tea ceremony. Studying a ...

The strong TV audience in Japan contrasts sharply with the U.S., where NBC reported the lowest number of U.S. viewers in 33 years. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief The Japanese public may be ...

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TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Bells tolled at the largest beatification ceremony ever held in Asia as thousands gathered on Monday to honor 188 Catholics killed in the persecution that almost wiped out ...