This year's nominees include 'Beautiful Men,' 'Yuck!,' 'Wander to Wonder,' 'In the Shadow of the Cypress' and 'Magic Candies.

At a bookstore event here half a year ago, this Mainichi Shimbun reporter met a woman from Peru who said she has lived in Japan for over 30 ･･･ ...

Enter the delicate world of maki-e artistry, where a 70-year-old craftsman intricately draws cherry blossoms with meticulous skill and patience. Maki-e, a traditional Japanese technique, involves ...

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

Any art professor worth their salt always emphasizes that developing drawing must become almost second nature to the art student. Drawing is a muscle that ...

Shadows” set for wide release in 2025, it looks as though feudal Japan is going to be on a lot of gamers’ minds this year.

Some, such as Gentoo and Linux From Scratch, are tough to use, but most of them are easy-peasy. With three decades of Linux experience, I'm here to help you choose the version of Linux that ...

Israeli forces have launched a new military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, after a six-week ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Islamic group Hamas. Israeli Defense ...

Note: Gassho is the act of joining a pair of hands in prayer. Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is perfect material ...

Thousands of pieces of art were submitted and judged, and the winners have been chosen in the 2025 CNY Scholastic Art Awards, sponsored by M&T Bank and hosted by Onondaga Community College ...

With Japan’s sizable population of passionate foodies, there are a whole lot of people who put marks on their calendars when new restaurants, cafes, and sweets shops are scheduled to open. However, ...

The sight of monkeys gathering and sticking together is called a "monkey dumpling." Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children.