A surge of historical dramas, documentaries, and period pieces across platforms like Netflix, Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, and Hulu is bringing ancient civilizations to life for global audiences. From ...

When walking through Aizuwakamatsu City in Fukushima Prefecture, it becomes quickly apparent the city is proud of its local ...

Tokyo — A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast Monday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to issue a tsunami alert for a wide section of coastline, though waves of ...

The Tenpō Famine of the 1830s was one of the worst in Japanese history, with the poor weather causing escalating rice prices as a major cause. To better understand how historical weather anomalies ...

Thank you for following our live updates on the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck off the north of Japan. Its epicentre was in the Pacific Ocean and was 10km deep, the Japan Meteorological Agency ...

Akira Kurosawa is a filmmaker whose influence was so strong that it revolutionised cinema beyond his own culture, and while ...

Residents of the affected region were urged to stay away from coastal areas, while tens of thousands of people were told to go to higher ground. Coverage on this live blog has ended. 'No abnormalities ...

Those who do not laugh at history are doomed to repeat it. These history jokes will provide the lessons and LOLs you need.

Over the years, there have been plenty of great movies with energy, music, and aesthetics that pair well with the iconic ...

Of the myriad ways Shakespeare’s Scottish play has been adapted, Akira Kurosawa’s 1956 film Throne of Blood, set in a bleak, ...

Prologue According to Homer, Chimera was a hybrid monster made up of a lion, the head of a fire-breathing goat sprouting on ...