Georgetown University hosted Seiwa Bunraku, a traditional Japanese puppet theater troupe, for a performance and lecture ...

They are called karakuri puppets and they have been used in Japan as early as the 17th Century. The technique is called Kirigami which differs to origami as the paper is cut rather than just folded.

The puppet adaptation is called “Chopper, Embarking from the Winter Sakura” in English. Its all-kanji Japanese title reproduces Chopper’s name pronunciation by adding the word “cho ...

Renowned puppeteer Basil Twist talks about his inspiration from Japan's traditional puppet theater, experiments with abstract puppetry, and his work on a hit stage adaptation of "My Neighbour Totoro.

Manchukuo was a puppet state established in large part by the Imperial Japanese Army about a century ago. Recent research has uncovered the dark side of Manchukuo and the huge influence played by ...