Comfort food isn’t defined by the same qualities across cultures, although there are certainly similarities. “Japanese comfort food typically consists of dishes that one might find in a Japanese home ...

Winner of the 2024 James Beard Best Emerging Chef award, Masako Morishita is reinventing Japanese comfort food at Perry’s in Washington, D.C. Masako Morishita, winner of the 2024 James Beard Award for ...

Rie McClenny grew up in southwestern Japan with family members who not only loved to cook but, as the owners of a tearoom and cafe in their small seaside city, were pretty darn good at it. The simple, ...

An orphaned monkey in Japan has captured hearts, flooding the zoo with visitors and boosting sales for the plush toy that has been a comfort to him.

Hwang Keum-ju was an 18 year-old foster-daughter of a wealthy Korean family when she received a draft notice from the Japanese government during its wartime occupation of Korea. She was sent to an ...

An abandoned baby monkey at a zoo near Tokyo, Japan has bonded with a plush toy after being left by his mother.

Japanese conservatives are taking the offensive in the battle over World War II sex slaves — and it seems likely to do them more harm than good. Some 300 legislators from around Japan have sent a ...