By CHIHIRO KOTAKI/ Senior Staff Writer
March 6, 2020 at 18:07 JST
A picture of the mural of a Buddhist saint taken in 1935 by Benrido, an established art studio in Kyoto. Scratches extend longitudinally on the left eye. (Captured from a photo book of murals of Horyuji temple’s Kondo main hall)
Some 150 glass photographic plates were discovered that show treasured seventh-century murals from World Heritage site Horyuji temple before they were scorched in a 1949 fire. [Read More]
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
