Ninjas are enduring, iconic figures of Japan. They were active about 500 years ago during the country's Warring States period. And these days,...

Join experts such as Wim Wenders to explore the masterful film-making of renowned Tokyo Story director Ozu Yasujiro, the 120th anniversary of whose...

On a hill overlooking the ocean in northern Japan is a telephone booth known as the "Phone of the Wind." It is connected to nowhere, but many people...

Within Japan, there's a place that's like another world: Gion, in Kyoto. When night falls in this historic district, nearly 100 geiko, or traditional...

Kaoru Ogura dedicated his life to telling the world about the Japanese city where the first atomic bomb was dropped. He brought public figures from...