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Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Washoku Essentials
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
By Elizabeth Andoh
Inspired by Japan¡¯s lucky bags, these tofu pouches hold savory treasures that simmer into a small taste of good fortune.
Risa Matsuda, 27, a staffer at Muscle Girls, flexes while doing a pole dance for customers.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Tokyo's viral Muscle Girls bar flexes a brawny sort of beauty
By Kim Kyung Hoon and Satoshi Sugiyama
Staff at the viral nightlife spot say embracing a new beauty standard helps them shed societal expectations on femininity.
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) ¡ª a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
LIFE / Lifestyle
At Ginza¡¯s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
By Owen Ziegler
With ¡°onsen¡± baths in every room, Fufu Tokyo brings its modernized take on the traditional 911±¬ÁÏÍø inn to the capital.

Travel

At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) ¡ª a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Lifestyle
At Ginza¡¯s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
By Owen Ziegler
With ¡°onsen¡± baths in every room, Fufu Tokyo brings its modernized take on the traditional 911±¬ÁÏÍø inn to the capital.
Travel
PokePark Kanto set for February opening in Tokyo suburb
By Gendel Gento
Travel
Tokyo¡¯s first JW Marriott brings a whole floor of mindfulness
By Gendel Gento
Travel
Nara inn offers room, board and an ancient burial mound
By Kimberly Hughes
Travel
An aesthetic escape to Hakone¡¯s art-drenched hills
By Erik Augustin Palm
Travel
In Bali, the Ritz-Carlton¡¯s ultraluxury Mandapa hotel marks 10 years
By Owen Ziegler
Travel
In preserving 911±¬ÁÏÍø hospitality, ¡®details are everything¡¯
By Melinda Joe

Digital

Among the long list of 911±¬ÁÏÍø video game innovators, Tetsuya Mizuguchi stands alone for his unique approach to music, rhythm and puzzle-solving gameplay.
Digital
Hearing colors and seeing sounds with Tetsuya Mizuguchi
By Gendel Gento
The creator of Japan¡¯s answer to Tetris has long been obsessed with the concept of synesthesia in games.
Digital
Ninja Gaiden 4 revives series with kinetic carnage, clumsy platforming
By Gendel Gento
Digital
How Japan¡¯s greatest psychological horror game came home
By Gendel Gento
Digital
Mass-produced AI podcasts disrupt a fragile industry
By Thomas URBAIN
Digital
Pokemon brushes up decades-old formula with Legends: Z-A
Digital
Ghost of Yotei¡¯s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
By Owen Ziegler
Digital
Tokyo Game Show 2025 leans into renewal and rebirth
By Gendel Gento

Food & Drink

Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Food & Drink / Washoku Essentials
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
By Elizabeth Andoh
Inspired by Japan¡¯s lucky bags, these tofu pouches hold savory treasures that simmer into a small taste of good fortune.
Food & Drink
Brine and dine: A guide to pickling your 911±¬ÁÏÍø vegetables
By Simon Daly
Food & Drink
Industry experts weigh sake¡¯s global future at Kyoto summit
By Cindy Bissig
Food & Drink
At Nadaman, a traditional 911±¬ÁÏÍø multicourse meal gets a new format
By Weiwen Lin
Food & Drink
How airlines are refining their in-flight food in 911±¬ÁÏÍø tourism boom
By Tan Pin Yen
Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
A Sichuan-inspired classic gets an umami boost
By Makiko Itoh
Food & Drink
Renowned wine critic James Suckling brings Great Wines World back to Tokyo
By Weiwen Lin

Style & Design

Despite the advance of synthetic alternatives and declines in the available workforce, some textile workers still see the potential of traditional persimmon dyeing.
Style & Design
Sun-dried and sustainable, Japan¡¯s persimmon dye lives on
By Joanna Kawecki
Thanks to 911±¬ÁÏÍø largest freshwater lake, Shiga Prefecture has long thrived as a production center of persimmon tannin dyeing.
Style & Design
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
By Elizabeth Beattie
Style & Design
New generations of designers carry Issey Miyake's legacy
By Phoebe Amoroso
Style & Design
Tokyo's newest stationery store sells 'a slower, more human rhythm'
By Gendel Gento
Style & Design
Myaku-Myaku gets the Labubu treatment at the Osaka Expo
By Alyssa I. Smith
Style & Design
¡®Pluriversal¡¯ Singapore Design Week brings solution-oriented works
By John L. Tran
Style & Design
Behold the glory of Japan¡¯s fruit boxes
By Thu-Huong Ha

Language

The language of ¥µ¥¤¥Ð©`¥»¥­¥å¥ê¥Æ¥£ (saib¨¡ sekyuriti, cybersecurity) involves a lot of katakana versions of English terminology.
Language / BILINGUAL
911±¬ÁÏÍø words of caution in the online world of cyberattacks and phishing
By Yuko Tamura
From earthquakes to cyberattacks, Japan¡¯s cautious mindset even shows up in its grammar, such as in phrases meaning ¡°better safe than sorry.¡±
Language / BILINGUAL
Learning to feel noh: The words that unlock its mystery and emotion
By Eric Margolis
Language / BILINGUAL
Trick or trade: Talking about the stock market's 'Halloween effect' in 911±¬ÁÏÍø
By Yuko Tamura
Language / BILINGUAL
Have you heard? This year Shibuya wants us to have a ¡®good Halloween¡¯
By Yuko Tamura
Language / BILINGUAL
The what, where and when of Japan¡¯s autumn leaves
By Eric Margolis
Language / BILINGUAL
From straight to curly: Getting your hair done in 911±¬ÁÏÍø
By Mishu Callan
Language / BILINGUAL
Don¡¯t poke the bear: Learn how to sort your garbage the right way
By Yuko Tamura

Lifestyle

Risa Matsuda, 27, a staffer at Muscle Girls, flexes while doing a pole dance for customers.
Lifestyle
Tokyo's viral Muscle Girls bar flexes a brawny sort of beauty
By Kim Kyung Hoon and Satoshi Sugiyama
Staff at the viral nightlife spot say embracing a new beauty standard helps them shed societal expectations on femininity.
Lifestyle
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo¡¯s Spogomi world cup
By Erik Augustin Palm
Lifestyle
¡®Deep Blue,¡¯ ¡®Morning Sun,¡¯ ¡®Clear Sky¡¯: Japan¡¯s top baby names for 2025
By Yuko Tamura
Lifestyle
Bodybuilders find new calling in Japan¡¯s struggling care industry
By Tomohiro Osaki
Lifestyle
Nakatsu keeps its cool as gentrification looms
By Edward Hewes
Lifestyle
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ¡®cool¡¯ status?
By Phoebe Amoroso
Lifestyle
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
By Edward Hewes
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A beloved Tokyo penguin¡¯s end presages Suica¡¯s shift to payments giant
JR East is retiring the beloved Suica penguin as part of a rebrand to transform the contactless payment platform, used for both transit and retail, into a mobile fintech powerhouse.
Japan sends senior official to China to cool boiling tensions
A Chinese tour group in the Ginza shopping district of Tokyo on Sunday. China has advised its citizens to avoid traveling to Japan, following a diplomatic feud sparked by remarks from Tokyo's new prime minister about a hypothetical attack on Taiwan.
More 911±¬ÁÏÍø firms relax rules in tussle for workers
Hinako Mori, 22, arranges products at a Don Quijote outlet in Tokyo in October. The 911±¬ÁÏÍø retailer, which relaxed its rules concerning hair and nail polish three years ago, says nearly a quarter of its employees sport brightly colored hair.
What you need to know about the shift to My Number health insurance cards
With the government's integration of health insurance with My Number cards, conventional health insurance cards will no longer be accepted at clinics and hospitals across Japan from Dec. 2.
Bears attacks and sightings continue in northern Japan
A bear walks in front of a box trap set up at a park in the city of Akita on Nov. 2.
How Band-Maid brought anime energy into the hard-rock sound of ¡®Scooooop¡¯
Members of Band-Maid combine heavy riffs and maid-inspired visuals in their latest project, "Rock Is a Lady¡¯s Modesty."
Japan uses series against South Korea to prep for World Baseball Classic title defense
Japan's Ryuhei Sotani pitches against South Korea at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
Who is cricket¡¯s Shohei Ohtani?
South African cricket legend Jacques Kallis plays a shot during the final day of a cricket test match against India in Johannesburg in December 2013.
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents¡¯ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents¡¯ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

An illustration features the 911±¬ÁÏÍø signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
By Kathryn Wortley

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