Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ryan Cole (center) with friends carrying a Mikoshi — a portable shrine — during a festival in Yorii, Japan.Courtesy of Ryan Cole ...

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- When he first went to Japan, in 2024, Jack Cotas explored Shibuya, ate Kobe beef and did other normal tourist stuff. But his return trip this past November had a unique ...

Life in Japan works differently in everyday situations. The differences show up in routine things like how people behave in public, how services operate, and how shared spaces are treated. Some of ...

Japanese tea exports hit a record high, but the driving force was Matcha for latte drinks, missing the deeper traditions of ...