Nothing is perfect, nothing lasts and nothing is ever finished. That’s the core of wabi-sabi. And psychology suggests this Japanese philosophy may be onto something.
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If Danish speakers experience hygge, then they should have a word to talk about it; if English speakers don’t, then we won’t.
For Buddhists, Bodhi Day represents hope and the potential to overcome suffering.
A genre of manga raises important questions about the intersections of storytelling, culture and wellness.
The exhibition showcases how nature coexists with Japan’s major cities.
Halloween was virtually nonexistent in South Korea until about a decade ago. But commercialization is taking popular holidays to unlikely places across the globe.
As the fastest-growing racial group in the US, Asian Americans form an important voting bloc and could play a key role in swing states, write two political scientists.
Since 1945, Japan’s constitution has barred the country from possessing an army, navy or air force. All that could soon change.
Japan is going through its fourth wave, testing rates are low and case numbers are climbing. Now athletes aren’t happy with the IOC’s plans to protect them.
It’s one of the largest prison escapes in world history and it’s through fiction we can understand the tragedy, from both an Australian and Japanese perspective.
Survivor’s guilt is arguably an instance of good character, an emotional expression.
Coming on the heels of ‘gold’, ‘blond’ and ‘wealthy’, ‘north’ is a telling symbol of how Japan saw 2017.
Recently, 300 protest letters written by Japanese Canadians in the 1940s were reopened. The letters convey a deep sense of loss, injustice and outrage by Japanese Canadians who lost their homes.
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Pretoria
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Professor, History and Director, Past Wrongs, Future Choices, University of Victoria
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Sydney
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PhD, Researcher and Sessional Lecturer in School of Languages and Cultures, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Sasakawa Associate Professor of International Relations and Japanese Foreign Policy, University of East Anglia
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Curtin University