Minoru Handa, the third-generation chief of suburban tea store Tokyo Handa-en, which sells green and brown tea as well as ...

Sen Soshitsu XV, who has died aged 102, was known in Japan as the 15th Urasenke Grand Tea Master and descendant of Sen Rikyu, the Japanese sage who perfected chado – “the way of tea”, commonly known ...

TOKYO -- Genshitsu Sen, a former Kamikaze pilot trainee who later promoted peace as a grand master of the Japanese tea ...

Spared from flying a suicide mission in World War II, he became a grandmaster of Japan’s venerable tea ceremony and used his ...

In the U.S., Tea Party politics refers to a certain strain of Republican conservatism. But in Japan, tea politics are of an altogether different sort: The ritual drinking of this ancient beverage — ...

Master of Japanese tea ceremony Sen Genshitsu, known for his pursuit for world peace through the art, died Thursday, the tea ...

Renowned Japanese tea master Sen Genshitsu, who made a valuable contribution to the development of tea ceremony culture in Japan and overseas, died on Thursday. He was 102.

Matcha, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies, has exploded into a global wellness trend. Its popularity stems from ...

Samuel Hawley is the author of “The Imjin War” and the novel “Daikon.” ...

A kamikaze pilot trainee during World War II, he later promoted peace as a grand master of the Japanese tea ceremony.

Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A grand master of Ursanke, a Japanese tea ceremony school, Sen Genshitsu died on Thursday. He was 102 years ...

Sen, a native of the city of Kyoto who became grand master in 1964, received the Japanese Order of Culture in 1997 for his ...