The Japanese economy emerged from the ashes of World War II as one of the first Asian ... Compared to France, India, Italy, and Brazil, it would be the sixth wealthiest nation on Earth. Feudal Japan ...

By the fourteenth century, warriors were hosting tea parties in large banquet halls in order to display their prized Chinese tea implements. Merchants responded by favoring native Japanese wares. The ...

British architectural elements like the chimneys, fireplaces, and arched doors combine with Japanese-style tiles and the use of earth in walls in this unique building. Glover’s favored flowering ...