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A bowl of ramen is a self-contained universe.

Film Review: The Ramen Girl

Ramen is the main dish in this buoyant homage to Juzo Itami's epicurean classic Tampopo.

Japan Celeste Heiter

Hirohito: Emperor of Japan

A Puppet and His Fish

Review of Leonard Mosley's Hirohito: Emperor of Japan

Japan Kenneth Champeon

Cinequest 2016 - Night Song

Love is in the Air at Cinequest 2016

In its 26th year, the Cinequest Film Festival, held annually in San Jose, Calif., once again has ...

Japan / China / India Celeste Heiter

The Prints of Isoda Koryusai

Title: The Prints of Isoda Koryusai, Floating World Culture and its Consumers in Eighteenth-Centu...

Japan ThingsAsian Booklist

Japanese salarymen are expected to show devotion to the company by working long hours, often six days a week. So, a sunny lunch hour provides a welcome opportunity for a little R&R.

The Streets of Tokyo

A story told with photos.

Japan Robert George

A Night, A Day and Some Petty Larceny in Okinawa

The sun was sinking into the Pacific and I was feeling the first pinging of a headache as my airp...

Japan Joshua Samuel Brown

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Vending Machine, What Should I Drink?

Japan's vending machines sell cool bananas, read minds...Using the very latest technology, vendin...

Japan AFP/Miwa Suzuki

'Last Life in the Universe' Thai Recipes and Photos

The 'Last Life in the Universe' Thai menu features a tempting array of seafood dishes, enhanced w...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Young tourists stroll on the main shopping street in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

NAHA, Japan, July 1, 2005 - Reminders of World War II bloodshed are everywhere on Japan's souther...

Japan AFP/Shigemi Sato

'Til Great Birnam Wood to Tokyo Comes: A Review of Dwayne Lawler's Tokyo Production of Macbeth

The theater goes dark. A hush comes over the audience as the sound of a bitter wind howls across ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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I visited the lovely town of Tsuyama, Okayama nestled within the local mountain range. While ther...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

First Impressions

As a Senior High School teacher in the southern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima, I don't spend a...

Japan Nolan Webb

Steamed Rice and Sushi Rice

The preparation of rice for serving plain as a side dish or as a base for donburi rice bowls is a...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Wrong About Japan

For the West, Japan has always been an enigma. From the day that Commodore Perry opened Japan to ...

Japan Will Raus

How to Prepare Tempura

The technique of frying foods in oil was first introduced to Japan by Portuguese traders over 400...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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Losing the Name of Action

Review of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human, quite possibly the best and briefest literary expression...

Japan Kenneth Champeon

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Sugamo district, Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo's seniors get their own hip district...

Japan AFP/Patrice Novotny

Ebi Chili

Recipe: Ebi Chili

The classic recipe for this dish calls for a Japanese ingredient called ‘tobajan', a spicy miso...

Japan / China Celeste Heiter

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Japan's textile-makers combine tradition with technology

Japanese artisan weavers from the region of Japan's ancient capital Kyoto combine centuries-old t...

Japan AFP

Chilled Buckwheat Soba with Wasabi Ponzu and Julienne Vegetables

Recipe: Chilled Buckwheat Soba with Wasabi Ponzu and Julienne Vegetables

This vegetarian, cold soba noodle dish is extremely easy, very healthy, and very satisfying. And ...

Japan / China Celeste Heiter

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