Hara hachi bu, the Okinawan habit of eating until 80% full, is rooted in centuries-old Japanese philosophy, the practice ...

Two sisters in their 80s of Japanese descent in the Philippines who had been stateless before being granted citizenship from ...

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Japan’s sidewalk restaurants, known as “yatai,” have almost entirely disappeared—except in Fukuoka, where they’ve undergone a ...

People find relocating to Japan worth the effort, as long as you can jump through those administrative hoops and be open to a ...

In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko (bent ...

The movie is wild, and the story behind it is even crazier!

The two wars continuing in Europe and the Middle East show no signs of ending, and tensions in East Asia are also rising. With the international order ...

Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he’s Japanese. Onosato weighs 191 kilograms (421 ...

The Japanese tastemaker provides endless inspiration in the menswear sphere but proves to be as substantive as he is stylish.