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Why You Shouldn’t Drive with a “Tempura License Plate” in Japan

Why some license plates in Japan are named after a delicious food (and no, it doesn't mean your car's been boiled in oil).

"Assassin's Pasta" has been a favorite dish of Italy's Bari for decades. Now, thanks to one chef, it's taking off big in Japan as well.

Taking its name from a poem dedicated to the world of natural beauty, Setsugekka is a new select shop focusing on Japanese minimalism.

Umeboshi manufacturers are freaking out as fewer people in Japan eat dried plums and warehouse stockpiles keep growing.

Both Japan's PM and Tokyo's governor want to pay people to have more kids. But is this just another doomed short-term strategy?

In a statement sure to generate controversy, the governor of Miyagi Prefecture says Japan needs immigrants to counter population decline.