For centuries, Japanese folklore warned travelers about the kawauso lurking along quiet riverbanks at night. Locals feared ...

For decades, the accepted explanation for the origins of the Japanese people was relatively straightforward. Modern Japanese ...

Restaurateur Huy Truong operates multiple Japanese restaurants in the Valley. He travels to Japan multiple times a year ...

Mitsuo Fuchida is one of the most notorious villains in American history. The Japanese pilot, handpicked by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, led the surprise attack on United States forces at Pearl Harbor on ...

In 1941, the Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi was living in Los Angeles, angling for portrait commissions from Hollywood patrons. On December 7th, he was driving down the coast, on an errand ...