Japanese food and drink have a reputation for its salubrious qualities. The traditional Japanese diet - rich in vegetables and grains and low in animal products...
Japan has endured scorching hot temperatures during the past weeks , with some regions hitting more than 40 C. It’s enough to make a daily nap...
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread in Japan at an alarming rate, new strategies are called for. On August 1, Tokyo announced...
As readers who have lived here for any length of time will recognize, Japan has been slow to introduce restrictions on smoking. For example, smoking...
Minamitorishima, the easternmost tip of Japan, floats in the Pacific Ocean about 1800 kilometers away from the main island of Honshu. The small island,...
On July 12, the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Tourism fleshed out the details of unprecedented measures to promote domestic tourism called the “Go To”...
Photo Credits: Brian Jeffery Beggerly | CC by 2.0 When trains depart from platforms at stations across Japan, they are accompanied by a simple melody unique to...
China’s imposition of a draconian new security law on Hong Kong is a game changer. Thought crimes, such as spreading “malicious rumors” and lobbying foreign...
Kentucky Fried Chicken is celebrating half a century of business in Japan this year. And as they've done since 1984, KFC shops across the...
One need not be a cynic to think the Japanese government’s preferred approach to problems is to ignore them, while hoping they go away...
(Part 11 of a Series) I am often introduced as an artist who paints Musashino, but I realize that I haven’t talked about Musashino...
Like many countries around the world, Japan has released citizens from the state of emergency it had imposed to fight COVID-19. Most of the population...