Awaji Island is perhaps most famous for its prominence in the Japanese religion of Shinto, where it is said to be the first island created in the world through the legend of Izanagi and Izanami.

The Ame-no-Nuboko or heavenly spear may also appear as a Piece of Eden given its significance in Shinto mythology for being used to create the Japanese archipelago by the gods Izanagi and Izanami.

Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami” at Gagosian’s Mayfair branch in London showcases the Japanese polymathic artist in remix mode as he updates important pieces from his country’s artistic ...

A new rotation on the Yale University Art Gallery’s 2nd floor explores animals in East Asia and literary themes from South ...

Before Marie Kondo stormed into the global consciousness, Hideko Yamashita taught Japan the art of creating tidier spaces. “In many ways, having to face our things is like having to face ...

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 ...

TOKYO -- Japan's teamLab art collective threw open the doors on the latest area of its flagship, high-tech exhibition in southeast Tokyo on Wednesday, offering visitors the chance to immerse ...

Shortly after President Donald Trump mused Friday over imposing tariffs on Japan while sitting alongside the country’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, the Japanese leader was asked by a reporter ...

“Pictures of Belonging” traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government’s imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. By Aruna D’Souza One ...

The ink that blacked out the faces of a Japanese American woman and the sleeping toddler in her arms was the kind of hateful vandalism seemingly aimed at defacing not just public art but history ...