Samoa coach Steve Jackson called in Japanese cultural experts ahead of the tournament to ensure players appreciate the local culture. “It’s quite normal in our culture,” Samoa captain Jack ...

The Japanese-Samoan artist Yuki Kihara is perhaps best known for work that questions representations of the Pacific Islands and its people popularised by Western artists and colonial-era ...

“I think that’s what he wanted. He’s in love with the tipo.” Yuki Kihara, the Japanese-Samoan artist representing New Zealand in the Venice Biennale, has turned her queer Pasifika gaze on ...

A Japanese rugby fan entertained the supporters of opposing team Samoa when he sang the Samoan national anthem prior to a meeting between the two nations at the 2019 Rugby World Cup on October 5.

SAMOAN rugby players will wear skin suits to cover their traditional tattoos during some training sessions at the World Cup in order not to offend their Japanese hosts. Samoa captain Jack Lam said ...

Samoan players will wear their hearts on their ... during the World Cup in Japan to avoid offending their hosts. For the Japanese, tattoos have long been associated with members of ‘yakuza ...