Reports of their venomous bites have been greatly exaggerated. Only about 15 percent of snakes have harmful venom. The number ...

Pictures of Belonging at the Smithsonian American Art Museum spotlights Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, three ...

Fascinated by what the sea creatures might think, feel and like, Japanese artist Shimabuku documented their reactions to ...

Charleston artist Liz Roberts uses real fish to create colorful one-of-a-kind prints. Known as Fish Print Girl, Roberts puts ...

There is something timeless about myths. They carry stories from one generation to another, holding the dreams, fears, and beliefs of entire civilizations. In literature, myths are not just tales from ...

When you first see a Japanese Bobtail, it’s hard not to smile. There’s something about that iconic little pom-pom tail—like ...

Hong Kong, 1941. Newly-wed Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn floated into Victoria Harbor on a Pan-Am clipper. She was to cover the Sino-Japanese ...

The limited edition designs are "rooted in traditional Japanese art", the Ghost of Yōtei team said. There are two designs to ...

Kung fu movies are so fascinating because, although many feature the same themes, each is unique in its choreography and ...

Enter the Cleve Carney Museum of Art this summer and you might imagine yourself in the Japanese city of Edo before it was renamed Tokyo in 1868. The exhibition “Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World” ...