Japan has gifted the world with incredible culinary contributions like sushi and sashimi, matcha and miso, and a special method of cooking called hibachi. In the United States, hibachi is known as ...

As Japanese food science looks to the future, there are fresh twists for an age-old cuisine. The ancient ways of preparing Japanese food, known as washoku, was listed in 2013 by United Nations ...

Tamura’s story isn’t an anomaly. Not in the world, not in Japan, not even in Suruga. Interest from younger generations in ancient trades like tea farming has been tapering off for years now. I ...

Studies of ancient Jomon sites in separate areas of Japan show that lifestyles of the people varied from region to region, contrary to the common belief that they were almost uniformly similar ...

An ancient type of fermented 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 palatable to younger ...