Yoshinoya’s beef bowl is the archetypal fast, filling, and financially friendly meal in Japan.
So it might surprise you to learn that Japan’s most popular beef usually isn’t Japanese.
Yoshinoya keeps…

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We caught up with the show’s design expert Bobby Berk at Adobe Max, where he gave a talk on how he balances running his own interior design business while juggling Queer Eye.
I know you’re a spokespe…

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Morita Miyata is a Japanese company that was originally established in the late 1800s.
But despite their many achievements, they struggled with the fact that disaster preparedness continues to be rem…

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In Japan, Zen rock gardens are considered, if nothing else, a source of serenity and relaxation.
Another source of relaxation – enjoying Japanese sweets – doesn’t necessarily go hand-in-hand with roc…

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Not quite as well known is the unique and innovative method they use to protect their important cultural property from fire.
In order to maintain the authenticity of the landscape, officials decided …

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We talk about the specific challenges that Japanese companies are facing and the strategies we’ve used — with varying degrees of success — to help overcome them.
And, I’m sure you will not be surpris…

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‧We’ve looked at lots of notoriously bad game translations into English over the years, so a common question I get is: Does Japan have famous bad game translation quotes too?
This is probably one of …

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The campaign’s claims were scrutinized by Tokyo Shimbun in an Oct. 17 article.
Tokyo Shimbun says the truth is more complicated.
As the lawyer for Japan River Keeper Alliance told Tokyo Shimbun, Yanb…

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But for Hisato Hamada, the 42-year-old co-founder of Tokyo's white-hot Wagyumafia restaurant brand, which serves the world's finest cuts of Kobe beef, it's all in a day's work.
The Kobe beef back sto…

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Dai-Ichi Life Insurance’s Economics Research Institute, though, says there’s another activity that’s becoming increasingly common on salarymen’s schedules: weightlifting.
However, Japan’s baseline wo…

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