Unsmiling, tight-lipped and at times appearing heavy-handed, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was never exactly the type of politician the public would take a shine to — let alone swoon over. But suddenly, he is. A photo of Suga relishing a snack of pancakes — a ...

My neighbor's garden is a wonder to behold. Where you might expect to find trim box hedges, bamboo fences, subtle rock arrangements, junipers, conifers and pine, there are garden gnomes, an ornamental concrete wheelbarrow, pots of begonia, hanging baskets of pansies and an iron ...

Riding the full length of Tokyo's central Yamanote railway line takes about an hour, but walking it has its own rewards.

The most common gripe I hear from white-collar employees at Japanese companies is about the fluid meaning of "quitting time." The feeling is that even if a worker has finished their tasks for the day, it is considered bad form to leave the office ...

Major convenience store operators begin introducing measures to curb food waste as companies step up efforts to address the issue.