From samurai rations to convenience store staple, onigiri has shaped how Japan eats on the go for centuries. Discover the history, fillings, and everyday culture behind Japanese rice balls.

If you always thought navigating Tokyo traffic was probably tricky in a chunky SUV, imagine trying it from the wrong side of ...

At The Mountain Village of Blooming Flowers restaurant in downtown Seoul, Meggie Yu is instructing me in the etiquette of makgeolli, the lightly sparkling rice wine that has been a staple of Korean ...

In a massive update for Japan visa applications across all categories, walk-in applications will no longer be accepted in Chennai, Cochin, Hyderabad and Puducherry. Starting March 2, scheduling ...

THE Embassy of Japan’s First Secretary and Agriculture Attaché Hidenori Akasaka visited related sites of the farm-to-school meals program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) ...

TOKYO—Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s blowout election victory gives her an unprecedented shot at shaking Japan out of its long economic funk and taking on a bigger security role deterring ...

Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi has secured a decisive victory in rare winter snap elections, delivering a strong mandate that solidifies her leadership. Takaichi, who made history last year as Japan’s ...

Reinstalled with a supermajority, Japanese leader Sanae Takaichi is likely to maintain a hard line on China while seeking even closer security and trade ties with the US. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae ...

When Allu Arjun stepped onto a Tokyo stage and delivered his signature Pushpa dialogue in fluent Japanese, the theatre erupted in applause, cheers, and chants, as fans waved posters and wore masks ...

Japan’s Ambassador to India, Ono Keiichi, is on a trip in Bengaluru, where he ate at Pizza 4P’s, a restaurant chain with Japanese roots. Sharing photos from the visit on X, Keiichi called it the ...