There are several versions of this pattern, and most are valuable. A 32-piece set sold at auction in 2023 for $3,276, which is about $512 a place setting. Foxboro is a vintage Noritake pattern that ...

(Mainichi/Jangrae Kim) SAPPORO -- Police here on Oct. 7 arrested a 15-year-old junior high school boy ... I'm shocked." (Japanese original by Karen Goto, Hiroyuki Katano and Jangrae Kim, Hokkaido ...

There is a lot to learn from the long, venerable tradition of gardening in Japan, a point made in last week’s Real Dirt, ...

It marks the third time for a wooden mask from the period to be discovered in Japan. Experts believe the artifact played a key role in important agricultural festivals organized by influential ...

Endo was awarded the Japan Prize in 2006 and the Lasker Award in 2008, which is often presented to future Nobel laureates. He was selected as a Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government ...