Japanese convenience stores (Konbini) are distinctive from American convenience stores. The difference comes from the ...

China is using a ban on the humble mollusk, mostly harvested in Hokkaido, to punish Japan over its apparent willingness to ...

Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo ...

From the Honda Monkey to the Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE, these bikes prove that reliability and performance can come in ...

At the core of Japanese haircare is a philosophy that treats the scalp like skin. Celebrity hairstylist Sky Kim explains, ...

Are Japanese planners like the Hobonichi really better than American planners? Here’s where they differ and why you might ...

Japanese golf legend Masashi “Jumbo” Ozaki, record 94-time Japan Tour winner and former world No. 5, died at 78 after cancer ...

Around the world, Japanese people are seen as kind, quiet, and above all, polite. While that’s true in many cases, especially when it comes to being served by those working in the customer service ...

Heavy rain can damage roofs, so outside the entrance, amadoi gutters carry rainfall off the eaves and down the decorative kusaridoi, or “rain chain.” Shōji are lighter than fusuma, with paper affixed ...

Japanese water therapy involves drinking several glasses of room-temperature water every morning when you first wake up. Online, it’s claimed that this practice can treat a host of problems, spanning ...

Japanese American internees line up for dinner at a camp in San Bruno, California The attack on Pearl Harbor shaped the lives of Japanese-Americans long after World War Two ended. As Japanese Prime ...

Lake Charles shoppers will soon have one less place to eat in Prien Lake Mall, as a longtime restaurant plans to close its doors. On Monday, Ichiban Japanese Grill announced in a Facebook post that it ...