Food

Japan isn't known for its spicy food. One snack company, however, has a product out that's so spicy it made national headlines when it hospitalized some high schoolers. Naturally, we had to try it for ourselves.
How does Japan like its sushi? Here are the most popular ingredients for the dish - and how its consumption differs abroad.
One school in Hyogo Prefecture now lets kids bring their own furikake (rice topping) to school - and some people in Japan are appalled.
It may not actually be from Taiwan, but Nagoya's "Taiwan ramen" is quickly becoming one of the region's most famous dishes.
Learn how tragedy inspired Shirota Minoru, father of popular Japanese drink Yakult, to pursue a career in preventive medicine.
Osechi ryori is Japan's traditional New Year's cuisine. How did this tradition begin, and what do all the different foods symbolize?
Got a hankering for some luxurious Japanese cocktails, but can't get to Ginza? These recipes should do the trick.
Apples, such as the delectable fuji, are ubiquitous in Japan. Yet cultivation of the fruit began relatively recently - during the waning days of the samurai.
Melonpan, the sweet baked good that delights people across East Asia, was the creation of one Armenian man living in the diaspora in Japan. This is his - and his diaspora's - story.

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