Since the morning of January 3, 1868, Japan has struggled to answer one question: What does it mean to be modern and Japanese? It was on that date that a group of mid-level samurai and imperial ...

(Reuters) - An analysis of ancient DNA is transforming the understanding of the genetic ancestry of Japan's modern-day population, identifying a crucial contribution from people who arrived about ...

Within a few decades, Japan shifted from a secluded feudal nation to a modern state capable of defeating major world powers.

Inventing Japan? The title of Ian Buruma’s admirably concise overview of 101 crucial years of Japanese history has a twofold significance. A root meaning of “invent” is to come upon or discover ...

Mid-nineteenth century Russian radicals who witnessed the Meiji Restoration saw it as the most sweeping revolution in recent history and the impetus for future global progress. Acting outside imperial ...

JAPAN'S ratification of the London Naval Treaty shows not only that the majority of the Japanese people are thinking along the same lines as the peoples of England and America, but also that her vital ...

“Seikan Ferryboat” from the series Karasu (Ravens); Fukase Masahisa (1934–2012); Japan, 1976; gelatin silver print; partial gift from Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck, and purchased through the ...

JAPAN is probably the only country in the world where a blind child makes faster progress in school than a normal child. The children attending the Japanese government schools for the blind take two ...

“Tipsy (Horoyoi),” 1930 (woodblock print, ink and color on paper), by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi. Woman’s summer kimono. Japanese culture, although often imagined in terms of harmony and tranquillity, is ...

Since the morning of January 3, 1868, Japan has struggled to answer one question: What does it mean to be modern and Japanese? It was on that date that a group of mid-level samurai and imperial ...

“Japan Modern: Photographs from the Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Collection” and “Japan Modern: Prints in the Age of Photography” will be on view at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Sept.