After almost three lost decades, Japan — one of the world's biggest economies — is finally showing signs of life.

16 in Tokyo, was part of a group of avant-garde artists in postwar Japan who were determined to create a new visual language. Working like a film director or an improv coach, he coaxed narratives ...

JS "Kaga" bears the same name as an aircraft carrier that took part in Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.

Two hours later, Eisako Sato, 63, the dynamo of five former Cabinets, became the tenth Prime Minister of postwar Japan—and, all but inevitably, a man destined to guide his nation along a new ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, a leading poet in postwar Japan also known for his translations of the U.S. cartoon strip "Peanuts," is pictured after receiving a letter of gratitude from Snoopy, the main ...