From comfort foods to street food-style bites, fried dishes hold a special place in Japanese cuisine. Here are some varieties ...

La Carmina is an award-winning travel/food/subcultures blogger, journalist, and TV host covering Japan and adventuring in 70 other countries for outlets like the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Japan has been one of the hottest travel destinations on earth for the past few years, breaking record after record, and more ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. Fermentation has become a keyword these days, not just among chefs but the ...

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 ...

As Japan faces soaring rice prices, the country needs an agricultural policy providing a blueprint for the stable supply of staple foods into the future. Merely adhering to policies of the past will ...