Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An 'onmyoji,' an expert on yin and yang, performs divination with counting rods in an Edo-period illustration. Kyoto University ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of Japan continues with a video on the Edo Japan’s social order and the bakuhan system, as we deduce what the feudal structure ...

"The Tale of Genji," often called Japan's first novel, was written 1,000 years ago. Yet it still occupies a powerful place in the Japanese imagination. A popular TV drama, "Dear Radiance"—"Hikaru kimi ...