With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...

To realize a sustainable society, large wooden buildings are being created around the world. Japan's revolutionary "unburning wood" now contributes greatly to possibilities for wooden architecture.

To use “A Case Study of Heian Japan Through Art,” you will need to print the scroll selections for analysis by students. Links to these prints are provided in the Heian Japan Online Image List. You ...

This photo shows the interior of a wooden building project in the city of Saitama. (Photo courtesy of AQ Group Co.)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is set to introduce new ...

Arguments have raged for years in Japan about the merits of disposable wooden chopsticks, a mainstay of restaurants and ready-made boxed bento meals sold in convenience stores and supermarkets.

We may have wooden satellites in just a few years, according to an announcement this month by Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry, organizations whose combined roots go back 550 years.