I had just arrived at Konsen-ji, the third temple on Japan’s Shikoku Pilgrimage route, when a young Japanese girl presented ...

Japanese food is known for its clean simplicity and elegant technique, which can turn just a few ingredients into something ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. Food can be a source of contradiction in American life. While it brings pleasure, ...

Japanese food, known in Japan, as washoku (和食), is still enjoying an unprecedented boom— even four years after UNESCO declared Japanese cuisine to be an Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2013. It’s so ...

Introduction　Through food education, I want people to take more interest in their daily meals.With that in mind, I share ...

Buzzy daytime spot Yutori had a soft opening with dinner service on Sept. 24.

These shows share a common thread of having very little in the way of ongoing plots or character development; first and foremost, they’re about the food. These shows are comfort food in themselves, a ...

When I visited Japan earlier this year, I knew I’d have to pay some of the establishments behind these Instagram accounts a visit. Most are located on back streets in trendy parts of Tokyo, and manned ...

Yutori, a popular Japanese food hub in Palo Alto, now has a sit-down restaurant, with fusion pastas and a sake sommelier.

Read our top 10 most viewed stories from the Japan food and beverage industry this year, featuring Asahi’s group restructuring, local seafood initiatives to overcome the China ban, Kikkoman’s India ...

Discover four key insights global food firms need to know about Japan’s new Basic Plan for Food and its impact on regional food trade Japan has announced the revision of its Basic Plan for Food under ...