A new compilation of the illustrated geometry problems that decorated shrines in seventeenth-century Japan provides puzzles that are still intriguing today, finds Peter J. Lu. At the beginning of the ...

A recent math competition in Japan included questions with numbers reaching trillions but the answers were found not on a computer or a calculator, but an abacus. Yes, that ancient counting tool made ...

HAEBARU TOWN, Okinawa — A 6-year-old Japanese girl stood with her back to Defense Department students gathered Thursday to learn about the Japanese abacus, or soroban, at the Tsukazan Community Center ...

I recently visited two large bookstores in Tokyo, Japan, to cover the local math culture, and I couldn't help but be amazed. While bookstores in Korea have at most two or three shelves for math books, ...

TOKYO -- An app developed in Japan for people to learn the abacus-method of math calculation skills is gaining global popularity, with more than 8,000 students at home and abroad using the app to ...

The Edo-period pursuit of wasan, Japan’s domestic tradition of tackling mathematical problems, was one involving samurai and commoners, young and old alike. Historical records reveal that women and ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. In standardized math tests, Japanese children consistently score higher than their American counterparts. Researchers have ...