The country’s top dancers have often sought careers abroad but now a young company with big ambitions is aiming to build on ...

As one of Japan’s three major traditional performing arts, alongside noh and kabuki, bunraku is renowned for its exquisite ...

Intricate costumes, bold makeup, stunning sets — the distinct characteristics of Japanese kabuki theater have become ...

The Floating World” transports visitors to a time when Japan was emerging from the feudal era and modern cities were booming.

Japan is having a moment. Michelle Ogundehin considers what the West can learn from the country's approach to design and ...

Ninja Batman vs. Yakuza League first sliced its way onto digital platforms on March 18, 2025, seducing fans with its bold, psychedelic blend of samurai cinema and high-voltage anime excess. The ...

In her transcultural collection for Expo 2025, Polish designer Joanna Hawrot reimagines the kimono as a radical expression of ...

But then kabuki theatre, arguably the foundation of traditional Japanese storytelling, relies on exaggeration and dramatic leaps of logic. Perhaps everything doesn't have to conform to a ...

It was 10 years ago this week that Trump rode down the golden escalator to announce his candidacy. In November 2015 I wrote the following “My Turn” essay which the Coeur d'Alene Press editor declined ...

“ [Reinhold] Niebuhr was right: The art of politics consists of directing rationally the irrationalities of men. But when neither people nor leaders are willing to face reality, look out, ...