Tokyo is a city that never stops surprising me. I’ve been here on all of my 7+ trips to Japan, and every single time, I ...

Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking ...

Reflective of a national interest in both electronics and kawaii ... Edo (now Tokyo). Japanese immigrants brought the food to Los Angeles about a century later, but sushi didn’t become prevalent ...

For the uninitiated, conveyor belt sushi (kaitenzushi) is a Japanese dining style where small plates of sushi glide past you on a moving belt. Just grab what looks good, stack your empty plates and ...

Asm Zainuddin has lived in a lot of places. He grew up in Bangladesh, then moved to Italy, then to Japan, where he worked and trained in a sushi restaurant. He moved back to Italy, then to Florida ...

ONLY THE MOST devoted scholar would attempt a definitive archive of cuteness and all its manifestations in Japan. The cute is everywhere because life is everywhere; in the animism that underlies S ...

(Kyodo) OTSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- An ancient type of sushi called "funazushi," considered by many to be the original form of the raw fish dish, is seeing a renaissance aimed at making it more ...

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and cultural soft power. Dressed in a kimono, Hello Kitty performs a ...

The Japanese izakaya brings Schulson back to South ... black sesame, and wasabi. Sushi lovers can feast on big eye tuna rolls and toro nigiri, while the robatayaki section features everything ...

Lots of people do, particularly in Japan, where the term, known as nekojita in Japanese ... especially when blowing on hot food or drink to cool it down, and this cute robot blows air so you don’t ...

To a 37-year-old company employee in Tokyo, the "cute" Japanese spoken by members of globally popular South Korean BTS during a live performance is part of what initially hooked her. “ ...

CHANDLER, AZ (AZFamily) — One of Canada’s fastest-growing franchises has opened shop in the East Valley, bringing high-quality fast-casual, family-friendly Japanese cuisine. The name “Edo ...