Heritage Plaza, off the 5 freeway at Culver Drive, now has two Japanese grocery stores: Mitsuwa and Tokyo Central.

Miyuki Kawarada runs Taro Tokyo Onigiri, which has four outlets in Japan. She is eyeing Los Angeles, too, and then Paris. Her vision: to make onigiri “the world’s fast food.” ...

Tokyo — A handful of unhygienic pranks at sushi conveyor belt restaurants in Japan have sparked stock slumps, venue overhauls and legal action, along with furious social media commentary ...

Sushi train restaurants have long been an iconic part of Japan’s food culture. Now, videos of people licking shared soy sauce bottles and messing with plates of food on conveyor belts are ...

Police in Japan have arrested three persons for unsanitary behavior at a sushi restaurant in what is thought to be the first arrests amid a rash of "sushi terrorism" videos going viral. Aichi ...

Shop: “ Fujikake, in the Nippori textile district, has fabrics that are hard to find outside Japan, especially for stage costumes.” — Tomo Koizumi ...

Out of thousands of sushi chefs in Japan’s capital, Kimura has distinguished himself for his extreme approach to aging fish. He dove into developing his techniques a few years after he opened on ...