We head to the new arrival from the north to see if it’s still something special. Sushi is, in many ways, a trend-resistant food. Whereas the popularity of toppings, seasonings, and cooking... Read more »

Giant gobo is shocking to look at, but how does it taste? Japanese supermarkets often have their own in-house bakeries, so when our Japanese-language reporter Ikuna Kamezawa walked into her local branch... Read more »

You won’t find food in Japan much cheaper than this.  “Freshly fried! Croquettes for 20 yen.” That was the sign that made us do a double-take when we were strolling the streets... Read more »

Mr. Sato heads to the neighborhood of a famous TV drama and finds a nostalgic taste of a youth he never had. Welcome back to Fading Tokyo, in which our ace reporter... Read more »

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry sets targets of 186-percent growth in the overseas anime business, 253 percent for Japanese video games. Japanese pop culture is more popular outside Japan than it’s... Read more »

Woman hand counting Japanese Yen banknote over table background. Thousand Yen money. Japan cash, Tax, Recession Economy, Inflation, Investment, finance, savings, salary and payment concepts There is a growing pool of wealth... Read more »

Find out if these limited-edition drinks are really treasures worth hunting for.  It’s been 30 years since Starbucks opened its first branch in Japan on 2 August, 1996, and the chain has... Read more »

Before Shohei Ohtani, there was Godzilla. I’m talking about Hideki Matsui, a power hitter for the New York Yankees, who was nicknamed after the kaiju. If you were nicknamed Godzilla, is that... Read more »

*bing bong*  The doorbell chimes as you stumble around in your underwear grasping around for some pants on a lazy Saturday morning. “Who is that?” you think to yourself, “it’s not NHK... Read more »