Core consumer prices in Japan’s capital, a leading indicator of nationwide trends, rose 3.3% in February from a year earlier, slowing sharply from a nearly 42-year peak hit last month in a sign the …
Japanese knife maker helping world’s best chefs stay a cut above
In a town in central Japan renowned for producing kitchen cutlery, an artisan has devoted himself to painstakingly honing the sharpe …
Japan just found 7,000 islands it didn’t know it had
Japan has recounted its islands – and discovered it has 7,000 more than it previously thought. Digital mapping by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) recently found there to be 14,125 …
I’m a nutritionist from Japan, home to the world’s longest-living people—here are 5 longevity foods we eat every day
Asako Miyashita has been a nutritionist and longevity expert for nearly 20 years. Born and raised in Japan, where some of the world’s longest-living people reside, she shares the Japanese staple foods …
I’m a nutritionist from Japan, home to the world’s longest-living people—here are 5 longevity foods I eat every day
Asako Miyashita has been a nutritionist and longevity expert for nearly 20 years. Born and raised in Japan, where some of the world’s longest-living people reside, she shares the Japanese staple foods …
Debate erupts over Japan-backed transition finance guidelines for S-E Asia
A SINGAPORE-based social enterprise is criticising two sets of South-east Asian transition finance guidelines as adopting Japan’s “aggressive” stance on fossil fuel-based technologies that are …
Sen. Mike Lee demands release of US Navy vet imprisoned in Japan, threatens consequences
Sen. Mike Lee blasted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for refusing to release a U.S. servicemember Wednesday. Lee says there will be consequences for Japan.
Japan’s ONE N’ ONLY Talk Singing in Portuguese for ‘Get That’ & Upcoming Latin America Tour
Japanese boy band ONE N’ ONLY are in the midst of a five-month streak of continuous new releases in celebration of the fifth anniversary of their debut. Billboard Japan spoke to the group prior to the …
Can South Korea and Japan overcome their past and focus on the future?
What does it take to heal old wounds? Leaders in Japan and South Korea are finding out as they work to improve their countries’ troubled relations.
Japan births fall to record low as population crisis deepens
The number of births registered in Japan plummeted to another record low last year — the latest worrying statistic in a decades-long decline that the country’s authorities have failed to reverse …