The powerful 12,000-year-old art of Taiko drumming has been used in worship and battle throughout Japanese history. In this episode, visually-impaired content maker Lucy Edwards learns about the ...

Rooted in ancient Chinese philosophies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, Onmyodo was introduced to Japan during the 6th ...

Japan’s ancient art of celebrating broken pottery is rooted in an eastern philosophy of life that finds beauty in imperfection. Many believe it can help us accept our flaws and foster a sense of ...

are not ancient but arose in the 1920s. Japan officially recognized karate as a martial art only 86 years ago. And its origins are not in mainland Japan at all: It was born in the archipelago of ...

Ju-jitsu is a family of martial arts which has rich origins in ancient Japan ... This is how the "gentle art", or the "art of suppleness", as ju-jitsu is known in Japan, came into being.

The ancient Near East, a region extending from the eastern shores ... making to a level of sophistication unknown elsewhere at the time. Few museums of Asian art boast a collection of Near Eastern Art ...

TOKYO, March 28 — Japan's ancient imperial family will launch a YouTube account ... visiting victims of natural disasters or ...

These techniques, in fact, were invented thousands of years ago by the leaders of the Ancient World ... was learned early on in human history that art as personal adornment enhanced your status.

“It is an exhibition dedicated to Buddhist and Shinto art that only the Nara ... Jingu shrine and symbolizes Japan’s diplomatic relations with the ancient Korean Peninsula.