Japanese investment firm Metaplanet has launched a new venture initiative aimed at supporting the development of Bitcoin infrastructure and startups in Japan, as the country moves toward recognizing ...

Discover the relationship between music and Buddhism through ancient Japanese instruments such as the gogen-biwa and kugo from the Shosoin Repository in Nara, artifacts restored from Chinese ...

Satellite II) is scheduled to lift off from the Tanegashima Space Centre in southern Japan atop a Japanese H-IIA launcher on 14 December 2002 at 1.31 a.m. GMT. ADEOS-II is the follow-on to ADEOS-I and ...

This article is part of a two-part series. To learn about a biwa master and her music lessons, see here. Traditional Japanese instruments, also known as wagakki, are an intrinsic part of Japan’s rich ...