Here and below are some of the Japanese avant-garde designers, photographed for T over the course of a few months, who have ...

From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — ...

Although citrus might be more associated with the cuisines of Mexico and Peru, it’s central to Japanese cooking, where it ...

In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.

The five covers of T’s annual Culture issue — which this year is devoted entirely to Japan and its outsize cultural influence ...

In the rest of the world — where Korean restaurants, music and film have transformed popular culture — the discovery of ...

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 ...

A look at Japan’s love of packaging, from impeccably crafted cardboard to lacquered works of art.

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...

The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place.

“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 ...

We asked some of our favorite chefs, designers and artists to predict what will become our new obsession.