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 ...

Japanese animal tattoos are a traditional form of tattooing known as Irezumi, rich in symbolism and cultural history. Each ...

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 ...

A Japanese proposal to stop using swastikas to identify temples on tourist maps has sparked a backlash. Japan's official map-making body said foreigners might mistake it for a Nazi symbol, and that ...

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, ...