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 ...

Born in Osaka some 300 years ago, Japanese puppet theater—Bunraku—is a stunning yet refined spectacle. This program presents the story of Bunraku through two of its greatest masters ...

during the free Indian Dance Showcase Oct. 12 at 3 p.m. The National Theatre from Osaka will perform a traditional work of bunraku Japanese puppet theater, “The Forest by the Tenjin Shrine ...

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 ...

RIDING his tricycle with cheerful abandon, Kuranosuke Kato is the only child in his tiny, depopulated Japanese village overrun by life-sized puppets. The two-year-old was the first baby in two ...