"We are eager to show the strength of wajima-nuri, which has not been broken by the earthquake," Ishikawa Gov. Hiroshi Hase said. In a time of both misinformation and too much information ...

Six Japanese food professionals — including four acclaimed chefs — took on what seemed to all of them like a near-impossible ...

Leaders from the public and private sectors met on Thursday to discuss the future of the Wajima-nuri lacquerware industry, which suffered a hard blow from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in 2024. Ten ...

Yamazaki Masaaki has been living at the final remaining shelter in Wajima city in Ishikawa Prefecture since heavy rain destroyed his house in September. On Friday, he moved his belongings from his ...

The Ishikawa Prefectural Wajima Institute of Lacquer Arts suspended lessons after the magnitude-7.6 quake hit the area on New Year's Day in 2024. The school reopened nine months later, in October.

AUGUSTA — On an impossibly beautiful Wednesday morning, Hiroshi Tai looked like he very much fit in at the Masters. With a chill in the air, the Georgia Tech junior warmed up on the driving ...

This year, the Kentucky Derby (G1) falls on May 3, just as it did half a century ago when a scrappy band of 3-year-olds convened at Churchill Downs for the 101st running of the 1 1/4-mile classic.

All of this is felt in Yoshimura’s own music, sculpted from his various influences and transformed into the uniquely environmental ambient soundscapes that would become his calling card.

Hiroshi Tai picked up the game at Singapore Island Country Club, about as far from Augusta National as one could get. Yet the pair of amateurs have made it to the Masters, overcoming long odds to ...

That boy is now two days away from his Masters debut. Hiroshi Tai is 23, ready, his putter polished, his golf balls marked with a black line, his ball marker from the East Lake Golf Club where the ...

Hong Kong-born Hiroshi Tai will make history as the first Singaporean golfer to play in the Masters this week, but the 23-year-old can count on a strong Georgia connection to buoy his bid for low ...