As the lights rose in the Jewett Auditorium at dusk on Saturday, Wellesley’s AIKO members took to the stage for a rousing performance of taiko drumming.

Hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old ...

Taiko literally means drum. Taiko drumming is a traditional folk art of Japan originally played at village festivals. The performance is authentic; using traditional festival clothing, Japanese ...

The annual Arkansas Cherry Blossom Festival returned to the Hot Springs Convention Center Saturday, celebrating Japanese culture and the longstanding sister city relationship between Hot Springs and ...

As I stepped onto the campus of Bellevue College on Sept. 28 during that school’s Japan Week festival, my heart was pounding in rhythm with the nearby sound of a deep, entrancing beat. Then I walked ...