Handsome, brilliant, persuasive, emotional Wang Ching-wei, Japan’s puppet President of China, during most of his 57 years has been haunted by the ghost of power, the fantasy of cheering crowds. For ...

Japan Society will present National Bunraku Theater, with four performances only taking place Thursday, October 3 through Saturday, October 5 at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street). This long-awaited ...

For the first time in 30 years, a treasure of Japan has been touring the United States. It's not jewels or a painting. It's a sophisticated kind of puppet theater where the puppets are almost the size ...

OSAKA, Japan, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Stuck at home for weeks while Japan was under a state of emergency due to the coronavirus, renowned Japanese Bunraku puppet master Kanjuro Kiritake, all his ...

Georgetown University hosted Seiwa Bunraku, a traditional Japanese puppet theater troupe, for a performance and lecture centered on the art of bunraku in Lohrfink Auditorium on March 21. Georgetown ...

Showering her choicest honors on a beaming, bewildered Chinese last week.Dai Nippon or Great Japan asked in effect, “What have you got to have that I haven’t got to give?” First the Nation’s guest had ...