Look, but don’t eat. That’s the best way to consume the bountiful displays the likes of nigiri, curry and tempura displayed in the windows and at tables of so many casual dining Japanese restaurants.

Chef Akira Hirose helped popularize Asian flavors through fusion cuisine in 1980s and ’90s Los Angeles. His career spanned decades and continents, where he worked with some of the world’s most famous ...

t first glance, Namiko “Nami” Hirasawa Chen is like any other friendly neighborhood mother. Her cheeks are flushed and crinkled with a smile, and her home is warm and open, smelling of fresh soap and ...

The obesity rate in the U.S. is about 10 times higher than in Japan, another wealthy developed nation. As part of NPR's series Living Better, we look into why that's the case. The U.S. and Japan are ...

FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, AND THE SACRAMENTO POLICE DEPARTMENT. CELEBRATING JAPANESE FOOD AND CULTURE IN THE CAPITAL CITY. DOZENS GATHERED AT THE BUDDHIST CHURCH OF SACRAMENTO FOR THE 79TH ANNUAL ...

Meghalaya is forging new connections with Japan by launching an innovative Japanese language training program for 86 ...

Fukuoka, Japan’s sixth largest city by population, has more open-air food stalls than the rest of the country combined. These stalls are called yatais, and they’re an indelible part of what makes ...