Michiko Tomioka is a nutritionist from Japan, home to some of the world's longest-living people. She shares the five fruits ...

Mark D. West has lost much because of his work: 60 wallets and 300 cellphones, to be exact. In a cross-cultural experiment on the outcomes of lost and found, Mr. West, a University of Michigan law ...

In this photo provided by curator Makoto Mochida of The Historical Museum of Urahoro, Shoko Maede, a nursery-school cook, looks at a display of masks at the museum, in Hokkaido, northern Japan on Aug.

TOKYO (AP) — Tsukudani, a sweet, Japanese side dish often served with hot rice, originated in the samurai era in a tiny neighborhood called Tsukuda in the old part of Tokyo. Adding “ni” at the end of ...

Ninety percent of paddle-style fans, called uchiwa, are made in the island city of Marugame. Takeyoshi Kono twining string around the bamboo ribs of a fan at the Marugame Uchiwa Museum in Marugame, ...

Why are Japanese people so healthy and have long lifespans? There are also positive aspects of Japanese culture, particularly certain habits, that contribute to the health and longevity of its ...