For Mio Suhara, peace and productivity come with free refills of coffee, soda and soft-serve ice cream. Two or three times a week, the 54-year-old blogger retreats to her local Kaikatsu Club — an ...

Sake is delicious yet deadly. On first taste it’s subtle and sophisticated. It tiptoes about the palate. It arrives politely and even bows. Then, before too long, it kicks you off your feet. For while ...

Only 800 could crowd into the great public hall in Tokyo where the lottery took place last week, but 28,000 on the outside were waiting to hear the results. The lottery was no ordinary one, and its ...

Japan's leading business lobby is planning to propose changes to the country's work-life balance system, including easing limits on working hours while considering employee health. But a major labor ...

Levi Pells, 32, was born in Texas and raised in Hawaii. After college, he moved to Japan — first as a teacher, later as a recruiter in Tokyo — chasing success left him feeling empty He runs digital ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Levi Pells, 32, a life coach and retreat leader in Japan. It's been edited for length and clarity. I spent five years as a recruiter in Tokyo.

NEW YORK -- U.S. asset management giant Blackstone seeks to expand its partnerships with life insurers in Japan and elsewhere in Asia as it seeks to expand the management of private credit assets.