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 ...

Today, we bring you the top 14 renowned sushi delicacies that you probably have never seen before. If you’re planning on a food trip to Japan in the near future, this list is a must-read! Image ...

But Food & Life Companies, a publicly-traded Japanese firm with more than 1,000 restaurants across Asia, chose Boston as its first US outpost, with its sushi restaurant’s grand opening next week.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Mainichi/Kazuhisa Soneda) KUSATSU, Shiga -- A 74-year-old woman was mistakenly arrested on April 13 for allegedly shoplifting "inarizushi" fried tofu filled with sushi rice, and was released ...

The ban was lifted last December after Japan's nuclear watchdog confirmed the operator had fixed the problems. With local consent being the key, Japan's industry minister Ken Saito asked Niigata Gov.

WASHINGTON — South Korea is cautiously optimistic about alliance upgrades that the U.S. and Japan have planned to bolster security in East Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. A South Korean ...

Taiwan’s semiconductor giant, TSMC, is quickly remaking a farm town in Japan into Asia’s next hub ... chains were passed around and plates of sushi placed in front of each person.

Thousands of Muslims gathered in mosques across Sydney for regular prayers on Friday despite concerns about retaliatory attacks after police charged a 16-year-old boy with a terrorism offense over the ...