Around the turn of this century, Ryuichiro Masuda, the fifth-generation head of Japan’s Masuda Sake Brewery, returned home from a few months of R&R (the research and relaxation variation ...

BANGKOK – “Well, they weren’t kidding about the extra legroom, were they?” remarked my travel companion, Mr Christoph Fretter, 40, a German close to 1.8m tall. “If we brought sleeping ...

Yoshiaki Shiraishi invented conveyor belt sushi after a visit to the Asahi Brewery. As the owner of an understaffed sushi restaurant, he started the first conveyor belt sushi restaurant in Higashi ...

Operators of conveyor belt sushi chains, already hit by higher costs for ingredients and lingering COVID-19 concerns, are now dealing with a new problem: the disgusting antics of some of their ...

Only a change of narrative in the media discourse will bring to peace negotiations. For the time being the only people celebrating are the US military, racking up billions of dollars from war fronts ...

Read more: 30 Absolute Best Snacks From Trader Joe's, Ranked Traditional to Japan, furikake is most commonly used on rice and rice-based snacks like sushi rolls, hand rolls, musubi, and onigiri.

A group leading a review of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, says Israel has yet to provide evidence to back its allegations that some of UNRWA's staff were involved in the October ...

Volume 2: Early Modern Japan in Asia and the World, c. 1580–1877 This major new reference work presents an accessible and innovative survey of the latest developments in the study of early modern ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) board members decided to hold the key interest rate steady at 0%, following its April monetary policy review meeting on Friday. The decision came in line with the market ...

As Columbia University President Dr. Nemat "Minouche" Shafik faces scrutiny from ongoing campus protests over Israel’s war with Hamas, a more than 20-year-old video is getting renewed attention ...

A collective statement from three peak Muslim groups in Australia has released a statement in response to Wednesday's counterterrorism raids, calling for a revision of Australia's terrorism laws.( ...

Africa has become the world's epicenter of terrorism. Leaders at the summit hope to change that through regional cooperation and partnerships. The summit was jointly hosted by Nigeria and the ...