When a news release came to my email recently from Sally Hamilton, who organizes Santa Barbara’s Toba (Japan) Sister Cities exchange program, the memories ...

To hear the cook, writer and teacher Sonoko Sakai tell it, “1955 is the year my mother was liberated.” Several things ...

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we ...

Though it recovered in the second half of the year, Japan’s economy barely grew in 2024 as a depreciated yen fueled inflation ...

Bags of reserved rice are seen piled up high in a warehouse ... with hopes for a price reduction effect. (Japanese original by Satoshi Fukutomi, Business News Department; video by Kaho Kitayama ...

How To Make Hibachi Fried Rice! Let me say this is a lot easier than it sounds! I have always loved going to Japanese st ...

Several new Black-owned eateries opened within the past year, adding to the rich culinary history across the Island.

Lehuauakea’s art installation, “Finding My Way Back Home,” features a large-scale, wall-mounted quilt of kapa, indigo, red ...

This egg free teriyaki chicken meatballs recipe comes together with simple ingredients in about 30 minutes. Once baked, ...

AMAGASAKI, Hyogo Prefecture--A city-run elementary school’s decision to give its pupils an early start to sex education resulted in a novel approach: toilet paper in restrooms adorned with ...

The news often isn’t uplifting. Let’s look at the bright side of things for a moment... Information ...

"A piece of paper comes out at the back of the register, so you accept the payment with this.” The staff are studying Japanese at a language school in Japan. One is a 20-year-old Nepalese and ...