In the shadow of a giant kanji for tea written in living cypress trees, enthusiasts gather every three years in Japan to talk about one of the world’s favorite drinks. The World Tea Festival this month celebrated the beverage in all its forms, from ...

Bando Tamasaburo has dedicated his life to the intimate study of women; the way they walk, the way they move, the way they hold their hands. And he is good at it. So good that France on Tuesday bestowed on Tamasaburo the Commander of ...

Tetsuya Sakurai, one of a select few who has paid $6,000 for an intensive — and stressful — training course to become a sushi chef in Tokyo, keeps his suffering from the stresses of learning bottled up. “Sometimes I cry, but only when I’m ...

Tokyo’s seeming fixation with squabbles over the outposts of its former empire are symptomatic of a foreign policy adrift as Japan struggles to find its place in the 21st century, analysts say. In just over a month, three old territorial beefs have flared. Russian ...