The system of “joryu kishi,” which recognizes women as professional players of shogi, a traditional Japanese board game ...

Takako Ueki opened Habu Textiles in 1999 as a showroom for elegant, artful textiles imported from her home country of Japan. In 2000 she expanded it to sell more than 350 fine Asian yarns for ...

In addition, Sept. 8 marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Japan Shogi Association with a memorial ceremony held at another location in Tokyo. Habu, a 9-dan professional and one of ...

Japan's Environment Ministry on Tuesday announced ... 30 mongooses were introduced to Amami-Oshima in 1979 to exterminate the habu snake, a poisonous pit viper. A mongoose and a habu snake face ...

Though this collection of temples isn't as well known as the Temple of Luxor, the Karnak Temple Complex and the Temple of Hatshepsut, Medinet Habu stands out because of its massive funerary temple.