Japanese food education combines nutrition with cultural learning through carefully crafted school lunches. Explore how ...

Being able to speak more than one language is a valuable skill that takes a lot of time and effort to master. Some people ...

With its laid-back seafaring culture and unique wildlife, the Yaeyama archipelago in Japan’s far southern Okinawa prefecture ...

The Government of Japan, through its Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), has opened ...

According to esthetician Emma Jinn, “Japanese skin care is all about prevention, consistency, and respecting your skin. No ...

British explorer and writer Isabella Bird arrived in Japan in 1878, just 10 years after start of the Meiji Era. "Unbeaten ...

Babysitting for foreign tourists is booming in Japan, driven by rising demand for foreign-language childcare that lets ...

Japan is gaining ground as a study destination for Indian students, backed by scholarships like MEXT, growing university ...

I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina.

I find older students take tiny, tiny steps and then they fall back,” Ono-san — san is an honorific in Japanese to show respect — tells me. “They can’t focus as long. I teach something one minute and ...

For over ten years now, I have sworn off Christmas and birthday cards: simply writing my name, plus a sentence or two, simply doesn’t justify the dollars spent purchasing and sending cards. As a ...

Eight people were stabbed and seven others were injured after being sprayed by a bleach-like agent at the Yokohama Rubber Co ...