The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) is a Partnership between the Government of Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank conceived in the wake of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s. It was ...

Call it an antidote to fast fashion: Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and weaved on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium to global denim connoisseurs. Unlike their mass-produced ...

These are “shokuhin sampuru” — the highly realistic food replicas commonly displayed in front of restaurants in Japan, intended to lure customers inside. A familiar sight in Japan ...

Another international chain has joined the restaurant graveyard. Over the weekend, Filipino bakery chain Red Ribbon Bakeshop shuttered its last Houston location, leaving ube cake lovers in the ...

An NJPW Strong Women’s title defense by Mercedes Mone headlines tonight’s Strong Style Evolved. Mone puts her title on ... I’d love to see Zane Jay as a regular in Japan. Though flashy and explosive, ...

Spring green carpets and plush couchettes fill Gucci’s dazzling new boutique in Osaka’s Umeda district, where bright lighting shows off the luxury brand’s latest collections. But after ...

Ninety percent of paddle-style fans, called uchiwa ... the bamboo ribs of a fan at the Marugame Uchiwa Museum in Marugame, Japan.Credit...Andrew Faulk for The New York Times Supported by By ...

“Japan is renowned for its functionality whilst Scandinavia is synonymous with minimalism. Pair them together and you create a contemporary, clutter-free style that’s rooted in nature.

Many south Louisiana homeowners are being pushed to a breaking point as insurance rates skyrocket and the intensity of hurricanes rises. Read our series here. On a leafy strip of highway in ...