Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kanban kenchiku (signboard architecture) marks an important record of shifting early-20th-century Japanese tastes. Though ...

Japan is the land of the unusual, quirky and revolutionary, a place where you pretty much expect anything, including ...

TYRINGHAM — A historic Japanese warehouse that stood for over a century is getting a second life — in rural Massachusetts. A new business is rescuing the frames of century-old Japanese buildings from ...

Why the country is quick to tear down its modern architectural masterpieces. By Naomi Pollock Reporting from Takamatsu, Japan This article is part of our Design special section about buildings, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is a traditional Japanese kominka farmhouse in the countryside of Kyoto. These structures implement centuries of traditional ...