And for Rai Sanyo, a Japanese Confucianist scholar of the late Edo Period (1603-1867), it was Nov. 11. In their lifetimes, autumn leaves changed colors in Kyoto much earlier than today.

A study group aiming to introduce an eco-friendly public transportation system, such as a ropeway, to improve access to the ...

“Even monkeys fall from trees,” runs an old Japanese proverb. Last week the wiliest arborealist in the Japanese political jungle crashed ingloriously to earth. He was Liberal-Democrat Party ...