It was the portion of the Opening Ceremony that many were talking about, and no, it wasn’t the lighting of the torch. Toward the end of Friday’s ceremony to open the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the ...

Today we look at pictograms, symbols that say a lot without any words. Let’s see how many of these communication icons make universal sense. A pictogram or pictograph is a symbol representing a ...

One breathtaking performance just transcended all language barriers at the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. When the capital of Japan first hosted the Olympics in 1964 — the first time the Games were ...

Cortina Winter Olympic Games begin, many athletes say climate change is shaping their training and the future of their sport.

A 50-page codex of colorful, complex pictograms that dates to the early 16th century includes the most complete — and one of the oldest — written chronologies of early earthquakes in the Americas.

Fukuoka, Japan - Do you want to create a society through design where people with and without disabilities can live together as they are? Prof Mao Kudo of the Department of Media Design hopes that her ...

With the Deaflympics set to open in Tokyo on Saturday, Narita airport near the Japanese capital is seeking to ensure ...