In the town of Shiogama in Miyagi Prefecture, there’s a residential neighbourhood overlooking Matsushima Bay, the epicentre of Japan’s catastrophic March 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. On a ...

Mr. Miyagi is an essential character within The Karate Kiduniverse, and his heartbreaking military backstory helped inform his mentor-like relationship with his protégé, Daniel LaRusso. First ...

One-star awards for 11 Tohoku restaurants help revive fortunes of region at epicentre of March 2011 earthquake-tsunami that sparked nuclear disaster In the town of Shiogama in Miyagi Prefecture, there ...

This classic line from The Karate Kid is ingrained in our minds as the epitome of cinematic martial arts lessons. It captures the elfin broken English of Mr. Miyagi in all his humble and quirky charm.

Daniel LaRusso's Karate Kid learning at the hands of Mr. Miyagi is perhaps one of the most iconic aspects the movie thanks to the unconventional training methods of the sensei. Mr. Miyagi was always a ...