Katarzyna Karpowicz immersed herself in Tokyo’s music scene to master the koto — a traditional Japanese string instrument.

Friends of Haiku Stairs has brought an appeal in an attempt to prevent the removal of the World War II-era staircase, above, popularly known as the “Stairway to Heaven.” The Mayor’s office ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- His hands never trembled, not even as he slipped the noose around the necks of several condemned men. But now, years later, their fac ...

Lawsuit Asks Court to Halt Haiku Stairs Demolition, Citing Hawaii Agency Flip-Flop An Oʻahu court is being asked to reverse a decision made by the State Historic Preservation Division backing ...

KANEOHE, Hawaii (Island News) -- The state's decision to remove the Haiku Stairs is under fire as a volunteer group dedicated to the historic landmark pushes back. The Friends of Haiku Stairs ...

Shinto is often described as Japan’s indigenous religion—but can it expand beyond Japan? While traditionally tied to Japanese culture, shrines, and national identity, modern practitioners ...

Haiku Handicapper New York Time to analyze the 2025 Belmont Stakes field, in post position order, in the form of Haiku; a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.

IKITSUKI, Japan (AP) — On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God.

On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns and martyred missionaries and believers.

After emerging from cloistered isolation in 1865, following more than 200 years of violent harassment by Japan’s insular warlord rulers, many of the formerly underground Christians converted to ...

IKITSUKI, Japan (AP) — On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan ’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God. In a special room about the size of a tatami mat is a scroll ...

IKITSUKI, Japan (AP) — On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns and martyred missionaries and ...