How did Colonel Sanders and Kentucky Fried Chicken take over Christmas in Japan? PLUS: Household Name Uncut covers some Christmas...

Walk through the sliding glass doors of the Shirokane no Mori nursing home in Tokyo and you’ll find a cabinet with individual cubbies...

The Japanese are eating less rice. Blame TV, the internet, burgers, Italian food, a growing economy. Blame the lunch ladies! Rice...

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Iga, a small Japanese city and the birthplace of the ninja, is facing a serious problem. Today on the show, Sally Herships goes to Iga to...

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If you think you work long hours, meet Kumi Matsumoto. “It’s very normal for us to stay until midnight,” said Matsumoto, who works for...

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Founding a startup today has become the stuff of TV and movies around the world. There's even a startup podcast about, you guessed it,...

At a dinner meeting in Tokyo recently, where a lot of business happens over meals, two Japanese professors, Ryo Sahashi, an associate...

There's really no other way to describe them: The toilets of Japan are fabulous. "Let's say you don't want to lift up the lid yourself...