Long before screens and styluses, entertainment came in the form of folded paper. One square. No cuts. No glue. Just folds. That’s all it took to create animals ...

A cacophony of barking alerts me to the cardboard box delivered to my front door. Packed inside is a single sheet of white corrugated plastic folded into what looks like a large suitcase. My canine ...

Since 1635, the Gozen tea legacy has been preserved by one resilient Samurai women’s family from Kagoshima. Matcha used by the samurai was strongly connected to the samurai class as a pre-battle drink ...

In 1180, the Minamoto clan resumed hostilities with the Taira in what became the first armed conflict of the Gempei War (so-named for the Chinese reading of both clans' names). The war spelled defeat ...

North Carolina, USA — October 2025. Researchers at North Carolina State University have created paper-thin “magnetic muscles” that can power origami structures. The technology uses magnetic films to ...

The Japan World Cup 2026 home kit has been released and it features a silky design. Japan are a stickler when it comes to ...

A new Art of Fighting game and a Samurai Shodown action RPG are currently in development at SNK, according to the studio’s Joshua Weatherford. “There’s a lot of stuff in the works,” Weatherford said. ...

The ritual of drinking tea in Japan, known as chado, evolved over centuries into a codified practice, steeped in Zen thought, mindfulness, and simplicity. Kimono-clad women participate in a Japanese ...