The researchers made a plane out of standard A4 sheets, but with added features of aerodynamic modeling to aid with the testing of their theory.

While my bank balance doesn't allow me to visit anytime soon, the next best thing is to pore over the beautiful objects and ...

Sometimes there are profound questions in life that must be answered, like "What is the meaning of existence?", "Are we alone ...

A new paper from Maximilien Berthet and Kojiro Suzuki from the University of Tokyo looks at “the dynamics of an origami space plane during Earth atmospheric reentry” – in other words, what happens ...

Of course, as one of the best-selling manga of all time, Tokyo Ghoul received an anime adaptation, which was mostly successful, despite a lot of controversies that plagued the production and the ...

The Taisho era (1912–1926) in particular marked a golden age of graphic design, where Japanese sensibilities intertwined harmoniously with the global currents of Art Nouveau, Art Deco and ...

Our Tokyo correspondent tells the fascinating story of the one-man illustration machine behind the free-to-use clip art service that’s shaped the nation’s visual language.

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Get up close and personal with Tomoyuki Tanaka's hand-drawn illustrations of Tokyo's sprawling transit hubs.