After four long years, the sights and sounds of picnickers beneath the cherry blossom trees returned to Tokyo’s Ueno Park as COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.
For the first time in four years, people in Tokyo can have picnics under the cherry blossom trees now in bloom and enjoy related events, though with some restrictions still in place.
As leadoff hitter, Lars Nootbaar has lived up to expectations of providing a spark for Samurai Japan at the World Baseball Classic. But what he may not have expected was his positive effect on sales of a kitchenware product here.
Japan's edible insect industry is shooting for the mainstream. Major firms have begun noticing the appeal of nutritious and sustainable bug-based food, while some chefs are devising new culinary experiences for adventure-seeking diners.
Emperor Naruhito, who was born 63 years ago today as the eldest son of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, is known as the first Japanese