Category : Life

From Nov. 30 to Dec. 5, the Main Building Art Gallery of the Nihombashi Takashimaya Shopping Center will host the “Kirameku” (“Sparkle”) sword exhibition of...

There’s more than meets the eye for foods cooked with this distinctive checkerboard pattern....

Chef Jerome Quilbeuf prefers to start each meal with “the finest cured ham in the world.”...

Unlike at the existing Ghibli Museum in Tokyo, visitors to the theme park will be able to take photos with beloved characters such as Cat...

The upcoming ‘Wagyu Olympics’ in Kagoshima Prefecture is expected to create much-needed buzz about the industry among consumers at home and abroad....

From metalworking tours to “washi” paper-making workshops, a number of prefectures are holding events to welcome visitors interested in local businesses and craftspeople....

Magnus Carlsen, the World Chess Championship winner, withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup after losing to Hans Niemann....

Rapper Miyachi’s YouTube channel taps into local nightlife with humor and humanity, revealing a side of Japan not often seen in uploads centered on the...

Recent excavations have uncovered Jomon artifacts that could push back our understanding of the nation’s early winemaking techniques by several millennia....

Yuka Natori helped found the group Media Is Hope as way to get Japan’s mainstream media caught up with the global conversation on climate issues....