Many of us know that Japan took its Buddhism, its urban design, its flower-viewing rites and several of its art forms from China, often by way of Korea. You feel that influence today everywhere from ...

One consistent lesson from history is that Western powers will go to any length, including staging wars and coups against ...

Through the massive tariffs imposed on China, journalist Will Dunn says, Trump is telling other powers that the price of ...

From the looms of 18th century Bengal to clothing factories in Cape Town, tariffs have shaped the global economy not through ...

“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

Japan’s ruling Tokugawa shogunate had successfully prevented foreigners from entering its country for 214 years when Matthew C. Perry, a commodore in the US Navy, landed in Tokyo Bay in 1853. For more ...

We are transported to 1853 — Japan is on the threshold of change ... decided it was time to act. Commander Matthew Perry set out for the country with “black ships” — these steamships looked menacing ...

The Perry Memorial Hall is a museum that illustrates the Perry Expedition (1853－1854), which paved the way to the opening of Japan, and the history leading to it through dioramas and historical ...

A Friends star has revealed that she thinks the late Matthew Perry has visited her as a hawk – find out who it is and what she had to say below. In a new episode of the Still Here podcast with ...