Plus, the Japanese diet — generally healthy and light — is sometimes credited with longevity. Here are the 42 best dishes to try in Japan.

Contrary to the government’s promises, the availability of food declined in Japan as World War 2 went on. Journal entries ...

Osaka, located in Kansai Prefecture, is known as the "Kitchen of Japan" and is the country's best food destination. Here's ...

For this challenge, you’ll gorge on Kanazawa-style Japanese curry, one of the many local varieties of the country’s homiest food. While your typical Japanese curry may contain some vegetables, such as ...

The Miyagi prefecture town of Kesennuma is one of Japan’s biggest fishing ports, making its seafood market a must-visit. After watching the catch of the day come in, head to the neighboring Umi no ...

Seaweed is a food that I will happily eat throughout my life. Here's why: 1. It is a hassle-free ingredient When I first moved to the US in 1994, like tofu and matcha, seaweed was hard to come by.

Sure, Japan has beef, and Japan has teriyaki, but the latter isn’t used as a seasoning for the former in the sauce’s country of origin. Of course, this sort of situation, where one country mistakenly ...

The Japanese government seems poised to rule that CRISPR-edited foods are safe to eat. "There is little difference between traditional breeding methods and gene editing in terms of safety," panel ...

It is possible to eat sugar and lose weight, according to Japanese researchers, just as long as that sugar contains dietary fibres. A research group from the Kagoshima University overturned the ...