Nineteen students at East Windsor Intermediate School spent Thursday learning to communicate in an ancient discipline. Lois Conlon’s third-grade class spent part of its day learning about the art of ...

If you’ve ever traveled in Asia, you may have been caught off guard by a symbol considered by most Western travelers as a sign of fascism. The swastika is an ancient Sanskrit symbol meaning “good ...

In response to recent criticism, the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) has released a new set of standard symbols for foreign-language maps. According to Tomoko Otake of the Japan Times, ...

A Japanese proposal to stop using swastikas to identify temples on tourist maps ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has caused a backlash on social media ©GSI The Geospatial Information Authority of ...

Nearly eight decades after Japan's defeat in World War Two, Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine remains a potent symbol of its wartime legacy in East Asia and a flashpoint for regional tension. TOKYO, Aug 13 ...