To understand why a 73-year-old actor who's lecturing in Berkeley tomorrow night has been designated a "Living National Treasure" in Japan, it helps to know the sex change that happened to Kabuki ...

You know those times when you're peacefully enjoying a cup of coffee, and you suddenly get that strong urge to experience a live kabuki performance? Yeah, no, us neither, but in any case, now you can ...

One of the most beautiful Japanese traditions is that of kabuki theater. The dance dramas are known for their elaborate and colorful makeup and costumes, stylized performances, and broad postures, ...

“Me and my roommates were reading way too many Lone Wolf and Cub graphic novels,” says Odam Fei Mud’s Daniel Crosier about the formation of his neo-kabuki performance group, “and watching way too many ...

Here's a sight you may not expect at a kabuki performance: A blue-haired boy bolts toward a massive snake that writhes menacingly on stage. He brings his sword down on the beast, slicing it into ...

Among the hundreds of reasons to hate performance reviews, here’s another: They dull certain parts of our brains. Temporarily, at least. Brain research shows that when a person's status is ...

LONDON — A decade after opening an American headquarters, the Tokyo-based sportswear and outdoor brand Goldwin is looking to put retail expansion in motion, and that begins with raising cultural ...

A traditional theater in Osaka, western Japan, has wrapped up its 103-year-long history with a final kabuki performance.