Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo.

Embark on a journey through the world of Igusa farming in Japan, where tradition blends ... the unique grass used to create traditional tatami mats. Witness the meticulous care farmers take ...

The tatami room, better known as 和室 (washitsu, “Japanese-style room”), is a space that features tatami mats as its main flooring element. Tatami mats are made from woven straw with a rice straw core ...

With its fragrant grassy scent and elegant, minimalist look, tatami has become synonymous with Japanese floor coverings.Credit...James Whitlow Delano for the New York Supported by By Vivian ...

Jika penasaran dengan kehadirannya, pengunjung bisa mendatangi sumber mata air tiga rasa Rejenu yang ada di Desa Japan, Kecamatan Dawe, Kabupaten Kudus. Mengutip laman resmi Desa Japan, lokasi mata ...

Japan officially maintains a policy of strategic ambiguity toward the issue of Taiwan’s sovereignty. Taiwan’s security, however, is an unambiguous and essential interest in Tokyo. Should ...

TOKYO -- Tatami, a traditional Japanese flooring material made from woven igusa rush grass, is gaining popularity abroad, as people who discover its charm while visiting Japan or at Japanese ...

How to Sit on the Floor? Japanese have long observed the custom of removing footwear inside the home and lowering themselves to sit on wooden floors or tatami mats. Although chairs were gradually ...

Former Spain midfielder Juan Mata has left recently crowned Japanese champions Vissel Kobe following the expiration of his contract, the club announced on Saturday. Mata signed a four-month deal ...

Former Spain midfielder Juan Mata has left recently crowned Japanese champions Vissel Kobe following the expiration of his contract, the club announced on Saturday. Mata signed a four-month deal ...