Visitors can step back in time to Japan's samurai era in an new Tokyo exhibition that uses cutting-edge technology to bring ...

Edo sashimono is a Japanese woodworking art in which precise joinery techniques are used to fit pieces of wood together ...

Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a yet ...

There aren’t any fasteners or glue holding them together either, as creator [Dheera Venkatraman] used authentic Japanese wood joinery techniques to make their components fit together like a puzzle.

Japan's renewable energy firm Erex is conducting trial production at its wood pellet plant in Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang and will put it into official operation in February ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

TOKYO – Record numbers of tourists flocked to Japan in 2024, figures showed on Jan 15, as the weak yen bolstered the appeal of the “bucket list” destination despite overcrowding complaints ...

A project is saving salvageable joinery and building material of houses set for demolition ... Indonesia Launches Free School Meal Program with Support from Japan; Ishiba Currying Favor with New ...

Andrew Keenan-Bolger takes a plunge at Aman Tokyo. Photo: keenanblogger/Instagram. Our favorite Broadway twunk Andrew Keenan-Bolger is on trend this winter, spending ...

LignoSat, a wooden satellite, launched by JAXA to test wood in space Honoki magnolia wood used for durability and eco-friendly design Mission aims to pioneer sustainable materials for space technology ...

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southwest Japan on Monday, the country's Meteorological Agency has said. The earthquake hit at 9.19 pm local time (3:19 pm CET), it added. Tsunami warnings were ...