Yusuke Nakamura could easily have had a long, successful career as a surgeon in Japan, but he isn't the kind of person who is satisfied with unanswered questions.

Manga artist on teaching manga to foreign students.

Every day for the past six years, Namiko Chen has been sending recipes from her cookbook of Japanese dishes out into the world from her home in San Francisco via her website and through a mix of social media channels.

Kiyomiya is keeping alive a way of thinking about books that may be finding itself under threat in our world of Kindles.

Opinionated About Dining founder on his musical background, algorithms and what makes a decent restaurant critic.

Move to rest, sleep, and dream. Move to pass time, bloom, and linger." These are the opening lines of performing artist Eiko Otake's "Delicious Movement Manifesto."

After being nominated for one of the highest global honors in ballet in May, Misa Kuranaga could be forgiven for relaxing her gruelling training regime. But the 34-year-old from Osaka remains as motivated as ever.

"CardCaptor Sakura" fan on collecting memorabilia and visiting Akihabara.

Chef Takashi Miyazaki has a Cork accent.It’s a hard accent to pin down, but ‘de Cork’ accent sounds somewhere between the lilt of the Caribbean Islands and being happily constipated. It’s not the only thing Miyazaki has picked up since opening his bijou Japanese ...

Kyoko Sato hit bottom soon after arriving in New York in 2002 to be with the man who was to become her husband (since divorced). “I had been able to work freely in Japanese society, so I really suffered when I came (to the ...

Self-described English gentleman on drinking tea and a new trick involving an audience member and a lemon.

A renowned craftsman in Florence is working hard to maintain his freedom of expression as a shoemaker.