In Japan, the Indigenous community known as the Ainu has been struggling to assert a 21st century identity after decades of erasure. About 20 years ago, the government officially recognized them as ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

For 35 years, Kamui Mintara (Playground of the Gods), by Ainu sculptor Nuburi Toko and his son Shusei, has stood on Burnaby Mountain as a testament to the “goodwill” between Burnaby and its sister ...

In the southern part of the island he meets the Ainu people. Because of their appearance, they are scathingly called the ‘shaggy people’ by the Japanese and the Russians. Bronisław, however, treats ...

Take your time in Japan away from Tokyo and head for part of the country far too few visitors ever experience.

Want to add some heat to your hikes? Try these six active volcano hikes, from Japan to Italy to Guatemala and everywhere in between.

Netflix has just dropped its latest offering, "Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido-", a gripping continuation of the Golden Kamuy saga that's set ...

However, literary translation studies in the Japanese context—an underrepresented area ... access to the voices of marginalised communities in the source culture (e.g., Okinawan, Ainu, and Zainichi ...

Visitors looking for the "real Japan" may find it on a new long trail two hours from Tokyo that shows off the country's ...

This year, he expects to process enough wood to heat about a dozen homes through the long, wet winter here. The solar panels ...

In 1911, 13-year-old Juhei Kono arrived in Tacoma from Japan. His memoir is the inspiration for "Voyages," a new album from ...

UNESCO on Dec. 4 registered the “traditional knowledge and skills of sake making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. The decision to accept Japan’s proposal ...