But whatever the reasons, a crime is always a crime, and things ended badly for former Toyota City employee Takashi Takeuchi. Once the head of the Health and Food Services Division for the city’s ...

Collaboration with American art museum puts the works of Hokusai and Hiroshige in the Prussian blue spotlight.

As one of the flagship products of Chinese ice cream manufacturer Qihang Food Co., the ice creams are being made available in Japan exclusively through Gold Star Co. There are a total of five ...

Stories in 3-D scanning tag.

We head to Osaka’s world-famous canal district and see who’s thriving and who’s struggling with the drop in travelers from China.

Marugame Family Night is for the Marugame families, not the customers.

Stories in Toraya Cleaning tag.

But don’t take my word for it – since the changes took effect, average test scores took a nose dive. In Mie Prefecture, the driving test’s pass rate fell from about 20 percent to just 1.8 percent.

Heartfelt melody and sweet design features capture the magic of Jiji’s shop.

Usually you have to head to the store to see your options for this win-win-win Japanese shopping custom, but Starbucks has made it extra-easy.

Ichiran usually sells three types of lucky bags, with this year’s prices being: ● The smallest, Ume (“plum”), at 9,000 yen (US$57.87) ● The medium size, Take (“bamboo”), at 12,000 yen ● And the ...

And though they may not be quite as speedy as the Shinkansen, a number of JR Kyushu’s special limited express trains are also getting Mario makeovers: the Relay Kamome, Kasasagi, Kirameki, Midori, and ...