The sound of giggling fills a room at Kodomo no Ie, a children's institution in northern Tokyo, as a group of half a dozen girls work on their homework while waiting for dinner to be served. It's the ...

Get ready to celebrate Children's Day at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street) on May 5 beginning at 12:30pm. Hang up your koinobori (carp streamers), don your kabuto (samurai helmet) and join us for ...

LANAI CITY, Hawaii (KHON2) — Immigration from Japan to Hawaiʻi was an expansive process during the 19th and 20th centuries. In the 1880s, industrialists brought many Japanese immigrants to Hawaiʻi to ...

Get ready for a joyful day of culture, creativity and community at this year’s Kodomo no Matsuri (Children’s Day Festival) ...

The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) has presented the Kodomo no Hi (Children’s Day) Celebration on Sunday, May 3 at its campus in Little Tokyo. The day begins with Chibi-K: Kids ...

Kodomo Shokudo provides needy children with food and a community, which is necessary to become physically and mentally healthy adults. Schools are closed. Parents lost their jobs. Kids are hungry and ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELllgvfX23o&hl=en&fs=1&] After a long, hard day of… playing with toys, watching cartoons, and napping, nothing spells ...

Things change quickly in Japan. As soon as Hinamatsuri (Girl’s Day) ends and the cherry blossom season dies down, Japanese families start preparing for Golden Week — and even more specifically, for ...