Kendrapada: The ASI has discovered a Buddhist sculpture, dating back to 8th-9th century CE, from Parbata Panasura village, near Ratnagiri in Jajpur district. The stone sculptor of Vajrasattva ...

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

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

Climbing Mount Fuji, enjoying a new theme park in Okinawa, visiting the World Expo, or taking in a festival or exhibition are among the ways of spending summer 2025 in Japan. While visitors come ...

marking a decline for the eighth consecutive month. The same decreased to 692,593 units in financial year 2024 from 706,846 units in financial year 2023. In terms of sales in the Japanese market ...

The middle value of all realized prices for an artist's works sold at auction during a given period, providing a clearer representation of typical market values by minimizing the influence of extreme ...

and the first pope since the eighth century not to be from Europe. As the leader of the Catholic Church for 12 years, Francis was known to frequently clash with traditionalists due to progressive ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church's first leader from the Americas and the first non-European since the eighth century.

The collection was inspired by an extensive archive of thousands of colourless paper sketches that were produced to design obi, the elaborate sashes that cinch kimonos and other traditional Japanese ...