The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place.

More recently, geopolitical tensions have renewed the debate over food security and how to raise Japan’s low food self-sufficiency rate, which stood at just 38% in 2023, far below Germany’s 83%.

to maintain Japan’s school lunch system, we also need to think about what makes for good meals for children. I am the director of the School Lunch History Museum, which displays replicas of past ...

Whether you’re after a healthy snack, or curious about the evolution of vending machine culture in Japan, this machine is certainly worth checking out. If you can’t make it to Tokyo, perhaps you’ll be ...

NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan — This shared base an hour southwest of Tokyo recently welcomed spring and 62,000 visitors for a daylong celebration of food, entertainment and American culture.

TOKYO -- Core consumer prices in Japan rose 3.2% in March from a year earlier, as the cost of rice increased at its fastest pace in more than 50 years. Rice prices rose 92.1% in March, versus last ...