As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?

Lisa Paradise: The fluffy wobbly Japanese cheesecake has taken the world ... People have been lining the streets of Times Square to get a taste at its first east coast storefront.

SAPPORO--The sight of Japanese catnapping ... mats (about 3.2 square meters). It enables users to snooze standing up, just like a giraffe. The pods come in two designs: a futuristic spaceship ...

We can expect further designs from Portuguese and Japanese Pritzker award winners ... The result is a spare, distilled essence of watchmaking set in a gloss black square. There are also two versions ...