Ashita no Curry promises to give you the flavor of tomorrow’s curry, today. Priced at 398 yen (US$2.70), the instant curry pouch can be prepared either by heating it in a pot of boiling water for five ...

As much as we love all the glitzy, brand new stores that keep popping up around Tokyo, our heart always skips a beat when we come across a retro store that remains steadfast in the face of ...

From 19 September, a team of six specially trained traffic cops from the Higashi, Tenma, and Minami Police Departments will be cruising major roads on their own motorized kick scooters and showing ...

Race walker is going home with a medal and his wedding band.

Stories in World Athletics Championships tag.

That’s especially true in endurance events, and last Saturday at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Brazilian Caio Bonfim tapped into a unique sort of motivation that helped power him to a ...

New menu items and more make for the perfect place to grab a kawaii bite after shopping in a major Tokyo department store.

Designed to let foreign goods in while keeping foreign ideas out, this Nagasaki neighborhood is one of the most historically significant places in Japan.

You’ll find many brands in Japan, ranging from obscure to eminently recognisable. At the very top of the chain are brands that are so well known they’ve become household names, and two of those are ...

The original arrest took place on 29 August, when the man was caught attempting to steal a fire hose nozzle in Kannami Town, Shizuoka Prefecture. The man admitted to the charges but remained in ...

Although the latest Demon Slayer film has been dominating the box office in Japan for the past nine weeks in a row, one movie that came very close to dethroning it several times was the live-action ...

Stories in Gloomy Bear tag.