Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin presented themselves as powerful comrades when they met at a spaceport in Siberia, but the meeting revealed their weakness.
In an interview, author and poet Ryoko Sekiguchi provides insights into working in Europe and Japan and creating a vocabulary for communication between them.
Amid a global chef shortage caused by the sushi boom, sushi schools are breaking with the apprenticeship tradition to offer intensive courses.
Japan has thousands of curry restaurants, but an unassuming, fallen-out-of-time restaurant in Ogikubo takes the top spot. Why? It's time to investigate.
A research team at Kinki University has produced 'super-female' sturgeons that only lay female eggs. We could soon be enjoying affordable caviar from Japan.
The marketplace of 66 retail shops will be opening after this renewal under the name “BRAND NEW GATE”.
Japanese translator Miruka Adachi, who was raised in Hong Kong and calls the city her second home, rediscovers the enduring connection between the two regions.
There are some truly unique foods in Japan that are considered rare delicacies to be sought out and tried by even those that have grown up...
From early September until Halloween itself, both Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea transform into spooky versions of themselves. You’ll find seasonal decorations, events, merchandise and even Halloween...
The region-exclusive nature and beloved taste of the vanilla ice cream bar coated in chocolate and cookie crumbs has made it quite popular among ice cream...
A Crust-averse Nation Many Japanese people enjoy eating fluffy, soft, and chewy white milk bread, known as 食パン shokupan, baked into square loaves. Whether it's in delicious egg...
More salad than soup, it has a sweet and savory sesame sauce with a colorful mix of veg and protein toppings like cucumbers, ham, and fried...
