Greg Jenner is joined in 17th-century Japan by Dr Satona Suzuki and comedian Ahir Shah to learn all about the Edo period and the Tokugawa shogunate. Show more In this episode, Greg Jenner is joined in ...

Return to the world of samurai and learn about the women warriors who defended homes and created long-lasting legacies.

Nikko, located in Tochigi Prefecture, served as the spiritual center of the Tokugawa Shogunate, founded during Japan’s Edo ...

Japan’s island of Kyushu often gets overlooked by a lot of overseas tourists to Japan, but it’s a place that deserves to be ...

A massacre of dozens of shipwrecked Ryukyu islanders in Taiwan over a century ago was the trigger for a power play that ...

A Zen Buddhist temple in the city of Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, began airing out its cultural assets on Sunday.

How well we manage our next major disaster and recover from its impacts depends on all of us and on the actions and efforts ...

During All Saints’ Day, which is observed every November 1, Catholics honor the saints in heaven, whether or not they are ...

Veteran Japanese producer and Tokyo Film Festival programmer Shozo Ichiyama selects his all-time favorite samurai films, ...

A new tour held at Shakujoji Temple, in the city of Kawaguchi in Saitama Prefecture,allows visitors to experience a day in ...