graphic novel in English of comparable depth and scope is Art Spiegelman’s Maus. Originally published in 1988-89, Showa is the first installment in a 4-volume set that will be issued in the US over ...

Japanese metals firm Showa Aluminum, part of New York fund, adds aluminum-related Mitsubishi Materials assets to its portfolio. New York-based Apollo Group is now involved in recycling more than 4.43 ...

Explore Japanese history books covering samurai, religion, war, pop culture and modern society, from ancient Japan to today.

Hagoita (battledores) are traditional Japanese wooden paddles used to play hanetsuki (hitting a feathered shuttlecock), a game similar to badminton. Both the game and the paddles have existed since at ...

TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) - Japan's top buyer of Iranian crude Showa Shell Sekiyu KK has renewed its annual oil purchase deal with Iran but cut the volume in line with other Japanese refiners to ...

Off Showa Station, Antarctica, Dec. 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Antarctic research vessel Shirase carved its way through sea ice and reached a fast ice berthing point about 1,700 meters off Japan's Showa ...