Misconceptions about geisha that stem from highly sensationalized stories from Western perspectives flatten the complex cultural artistry of the profession. Detail of a Katsura, a geisha wig. Before ...

Westerners have never quite understood geishas — those well-schooled, delicate wisps of femininity clad in elegant kimonos who coo sweetly over tired Japanese businessmen on the town for a night.

Something of a stooshie ensued, a court case was set and Ms Iwasaki subsequently wrote her own version of her memoirs, ...

His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.