Anti-Japanese sentiment runs deep in China, where an intensifying nationalism has also emerged as Beijing clashes with the Western alliance of which Japan is a member.

Nearly 90 boys take part in the annual festival. They age out once they reach 13 years old. Image: Elise Hu/NPR The hadaka matsuri or "naked festival" dates back centuries in Japan.

It’s the last year for Japan’s Tohoku Rokkon Festival, with six “matsuri” in one location. It started to help with earthquake recovery.

Japan Society is proud to present the 16th annual JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film, the largest festival of its kind. From major blockbusters to indie darlings, films at this year’s ...

Tendo is known for producing 90% of the shogi, or Japanese chess, pieces in Japan, and during the festival, locals and visitors gather to watch a human chess match, or shogi battle, in Maizuru Park.

"You want to impress Sakura... don't you?" Film Movement has debuted the official US trailer for a lovely little Japanese ...

During the Edo period in Japan (1615-1857), woodblock printing was a common and popular art form. The Japanese took the Buddhist idea of ukiyo, or "the floating world," and interpreted the notion of ...