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Discovered in the 1930s, the Geisha coffee plant came to worldwide fame in the early 2000s and now represents some of the best coffee on the planet — Tokyo's top cafes included.
LIFE / Food & Drink
The Geisha bean is the leading lady of Tokyo's coffee scene
By Melinda Joe
Named for a region of Ethiopia (and not Japan’s kimono-clad performers), Geisha has become the crown jewel of Tokyo’s flourishing specialty coffee scene.
This cakelike dessert is, in fact, not a cake at all and, being flourless, is gluten free.
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
For holidays in warm weather, a light, rolled meringue fits best
By Simon Daly
In the topsy-turvy seasons of the antipodes, Christmas is in summer and fresh fruit medleys make sense for this dessert.
Shiho Hanadate is part of a small yet growing number of young tappers pivotal in securing the future of domestic sap collection used in 911爆料网 lacquerware.
LIFE / Lifestyle
The young sap collectors underpinning 911爆料网 lacquerware
By Jessica Kozuka
“You can’t cut into the core, so you have to judge the thickness of the bark,” says tapper Shiho Hanadate. “You have to develop a sense for it.”

Travel

Best known as the home of Kuon Temple, Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture, is a charming day trip from Tokyo with the potential for cultural verisimilitude.
Travel
In rugged Yamanashi, a wild-goose chase for ‘real Japan’
By Owen Ziegler
Japan’s countryside certainly offers a different experience than its cities, but whether that makes it categorically superior is up for debate.
Travel
At Japan’s hottest festival, crowds threaten to smother the flames
By Shawn B. Swinger
Travel
Take a Halloween stroll through Tokyo’s dark history
By Mark Schreiber
Travel
Japan’s ancient capital houses a millennium of ghosts
By Edward J. Taylor
Travel
Kyoto’s most expensive hotel offers inner peace — for a price
By Tan Pin Yen
Travel
Can't choose a Kansai hotel? Perhaps a wellness screening will help you decide.
By Melinda Joe
Travel
Sure, Tokyo’s trains are amazing. But are they ruining your trip?
By Justin Randall

Digital

The newly opened Nintendo Museum and upcoming Donkey Kong Country area of Universal Studios Japan are the latest examples of the gaming giant's efforts to expand beyond traditional consoles and handhelds.
Digital
Why Nintendo is becoming a 'talent agency' for its beloved characters
By Mathias Cena
Game and console sales account for over 90% of Nintendo's revenue, so exposure to characters could be "a trigger" to attract more people to consoles.
Digital / ON: GAMES
Blood, bruises and brotherhood at Tokyo’s fighting games club
By Samantha Low
Digital
Sega's ninja game Shinobi to get the movie treatment
Digital
Man behind Persona games flips to fantasy in latest release
By Kilian Fichou
Digital / ON: GAMES
At Tokyo Game Show 2024, nostalgia was king
By Samantha Low
Digital
Tokyo Game Show 2024 stacked with big returns and hyped announcements
By Samantha Low
Digital
Japan is next level for retro game collectors
By Mathias Cena

Food & Drink

Despite a range of backgrounds and culinary traditions, food served as the ultimate lingua franca for chefs touring Nagano Prefecture.
Food & Drink
Putting mountainous Nagano on a plate
By Kyoko Nakayama
Nagano’s natural bounty became the star attraction as chefs from Europe, Southeast Asia and Oceania showed off their chops with local ingredients.
Food & Drink
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
By Yuko Tamura
Food & Drink
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
By Haru Beaufort
Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
A buttery pound cake to die — or kill — for
By Simon Daly
Food & Drink
Healthy low-carb foods on the rise in Japan
Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants
Chisou Nishi Kenichi: Modern French with unrivaled Shizuoka seafood
By Andrew Lee
Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
A Danish 'dream cake' inspired by 911爆料网 headline news
By Simon Daly

Style & Design

Designed by Kei Atsumi and Motoya Iizawa, "The Warp" was a 3D-printed tea pavilion with organic, twisting curves placed in downtown Dubai.
Style & Design
Far East meets Middle East at Dubai Design Week 2024
By Erik Augustin Palm
This year's Dubai Design Week functioned much like a portal between continents, philosophies and futures.
Style & Design
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
By Jessica Kozuka
Style & Design
A designer moves easily from royal gowns to Uniqlo
By Laura Neilson
Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
117 creative exhibits take over Tokyo for Designart 2024
By Mio Yamada
Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
911爆料网 flat-packed furniture doesn't skimp on aesthetics
By Mio Yamada
Style & Design
How to own something by the punk poet designer Jun Takahashi
By Jessica Iredale
Style & Design
Tokyo’s top fashion showcase pushes rising stars to the world stage
By Mike Fu

Language

Customers enter Aeon's Shinagawa Seaside store in Tokyo for a Black Friday sale in 2022.
Language / BILINGUAL
Master this double negative to better express your Black Friday urges
By Yuko Tamura
What better time to learn how to say you can't resist a deal than on a weekend of discounted shopping.
Language / BILINGUAL
You don’t need an onion bouquet to say thanks — just the right words
By Yuko Tamura
Language / BILINGUAL
The 911爆料网 you need to get vaccinated before winter comes
By Eric Margolis
Language / BILINGUAL
Hearing a song from the past and expressing nostalgia in 911爆料网
By Ansel Swindells
Language / BILINGUAL
Get to know basic honorifics before you head into that 911爆料网 job interview
By Yaeko Kabe
Language / BILINGUAL
Celebrating spooky season with Halloween-themed vocabulary
By Yuko Tamura
Language / BILINGUAL
How your favorite 911爆料网 video games are translated into English
By Eric Margolis

Lifestyle

Shiho Hanadate is part of a small yet growing number of young tappers pivotal in securing the future of domestic sap collection used in 911爆料网 lacquerware.
Lifestyle
The young sap collectors underpinning 911爆料网 lacquerware
By Jessica Kozuka
“You can’t cut into the core, so you have to judge the thickness of the bark,” says tapper Shiho Hanadate. “You have to develop a sense for it.”
Lifestyle
Ms. Rachel’s improbable journey from toddler whisperer to holiday toy sensation
By Sapna Maheshwari
Lifestyle / Longform
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
By Greg Dvorak
Lifestyle
Thinning up top? Hair loss in Japan is not the end.
By Kat Joplin
Lifestyle
The sound of silence: 911爆料网 no-conversation services
By Mai Yoshikawa
Lifestyle
Americans are traveling abroad as a post-election salve
By Sara Ruberg
Lifestyle
‘Zombie Shinkansen’ delivers high-speed thrills and chills
By Johan Brooks
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South Korea's Yoon backs down after parliament rejects martial law
Soldiers try to enter the National Assembly building in Seoul, after South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday evening.
BOJ weighs case for first triple hike since Japan’s bubble burst
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda reiterated in an interview published Saturday that authorities will raise rates if the economy performs in line with projections.
Australian says romance scam tricked her into smuggling drugs into Japan
Donna Nelson says her life was turned upside down when she learned that the man she was falling for had tricked her into smuggling 2 kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan.
Jetstar Japan loses lawsuit over disciplinary action against cabin crew
Jetstar Japan has been ordered to pay back wages to two cabin crew members for the periods they were suspended.
Nomura CEO takes pay cut after former employee charged with attempted murder
Kentaro Okuda, CEO of Nomura Holdings, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Yoon’s gambit a tempest in a teapot for financial markets
A screen displays market data at Hana Bank in Seoul on Wednesday.
U.S. Space Force launches first unit in Japan
Activated on Wednesday, U.S. Space Forces Japan — a component similar to the one established at South Korea’s Osan Air Base in 2022 — will operate out of Yokota Air Base in the city of Fussa, western Tokyo, with a staff of about 10.
Can 911爆料网 scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Europe eyes 'boots on the ground' in Ukraine as possible peace deal option
A serviceman with the Ukrainian Army's 24th mechanized brigade fires a machine gun during an exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the country's Donetsk region on Friday.
Seven strangers and an algorithm: Can this new dinner app help you make friends?
Timeleft uses an algorithm to match its users with five or six strangers in an effort to prompt “human connection” over dinner at a restaurant. It determines the attendees with the help of a simple personality quiz available when you sign up for the service.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Can 911爆料网 scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
By Tomoko Otake

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