On December 27, 1942, the Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū flew for the first time, becoming one of Japan's fastest and most heavily ...

During World War II, Imperial Japan had its fair share of success with multiengine bombers, though not to the degree that its Axis partner Nazi Germany did (see the Junkers Ju 88 and Heinkel He 111) ...

There is an old saying in Japan that you can learn a lot about a place by drinking the local sake. Today, this no longer applies just to nihonshu. There are now small-scale operations around Japan ...

TOKYO — The only existing Imperial Japanese Army training aircraft of its kind will soon be on display for a short time in western Tokyo. A Tachikawa Ki-54, the twin-engine advanced trainer aircraft ...

The history of Japanese science fiction usually begins with the 1880 translations of Jules Verne’s From The Earth to the Moon and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Most Japanese science fiction of this ...

The Ki-27 was a single-seater, highly maneuverable, fixed-gear airplane, but it was no match for the Flying Tigers. When one thinks of Imperial Japan’s World War II fighter planes, the legendary ...

The world of traditional Japanese music is incredibly varied – there’s exciting min’yo folk music, austere gagaku ancient imperial court music, and the ethereal tunes of noh plays. But one genre in ...

The world of traditional Japanese music is incredibly varied – there’s exciting min’yo folk music, austere gagaku ancient imperial court music, and the ethereal tunes of noh plays. But one genre in ...