Japanese konbini chain FamilyMart has won the hearts of tourists with snack remixes and a clothing line. Now, convenience ...

Chocolate for drinking has a history far longer than chocolate for eating, despite the latter having become the norm. In premodern times, ancient Mesoamerican cultures imbibed the bitter cacao bean ...

TOKYO (Bernama-Xinhua): The Chinese Embassy in Japan has issued a notice to urge Chinese citizens in the country to stay vigilant following a series of violent incidents reported in several parts of ...

In the Year of the Horse, the Japanese proverb kouma no asagake — a foal’s morning gallop — offers a timely warning. It’s a reminder not to sprint out of the gate only to burn out before the year is ...

On December 18, 2025, Japan’s Meteorological Corporation (JMC) rolled out the cherry blossom forecast for 2026, with the year’s first sakura sightings in Tokyo and Aichi Prefecture’s Naguya on March ...

MapmyIndia, a homegrown digital navigation and mapping platform known globally as Mappls, has introduced a new feature on its app that aims to let users plan their commute more easily using India’s ...

devastated the area, leaving local businesses concerned about a talent drain. Sake brewing businesses in the affected region of Ishikawa Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan, which was additionally hit ...

Authorities have shot dead a bear cub on the premises of a hot-spring inn in the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai after it entered a waste storage site in search of food. Police said a worker at ...

The City Turbo II is a Marty purchase, which almost immediately leaves Moog aghast at how mad a deal his friend got. The pair spent somewhere around $17,000 on the car itself, plus something like ...

NEW DELHIl: India has overtaken Japan as the world's fourth-biggest economy -- and officials hope to pass Germany within three years, the government's end-of-year economic review calculates. Official ...