Amid the baseball games, art galleries and temples, Kyushu island’s largest city has a street food and nightlife culture ...

Amid the baseball games, art galleries and temples, Kyushu island’s largest city has a street food and nightlife culture ...

Two elderly men in Japan choked to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year’s tradition that authorities have issued ...

Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their ...

Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their throat.

Goshin's creator died over 20 years ago but his remarkable work lives on with the precise directions he left behind.

A favorite seasonal food has once again turned deadly in Japan. Traditional mochi rice cakes are eaten around New Year's, and ...

The American installation artist, the biggest contemporary name at the event, will be delivering a keynote lecture. Read more ...

A ceremony to distribute traditional round rice cakes was held on Monday at Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan.

Ad paid and presented by Japan National Tourism Organization. Japan's Setouchi beckons you to wander across its islands, ...

Masayuki Tanaka, director of the National Museum of Western Art ... Mikito Yamada, deputy director of the Central Japan International Medical Center in Gifu Prefecture, said, “I assume that ...

An exhibition of ancient clay "haniwa" figures discovered around Japan kicked off on Oct. 16 at the Tokyo National Museum in Tokyo's Ueno district. Sponsored by The Asahi Shimbun and other ...