Lively Destiny

A sushi chef in Japan cut half of a fish into sashimi dishes and the fish is still alive and swimming.

Architects are often societal renegades with their own private visions and concepts of design. Close your eyes and picture rugged individual...

Sumo wrestling students hold babies as they try to make them cry during the Crying Sumo competition at Sensoji Temple on April 25, 2010 in ...

Sodas and other beverages made for the Japanese market can often seem strange to us in the Western world. But what may seem like an odd flav...

The gigantic creature can wreak havoc on fishing nets and their contents, destroying the nets and poisoning the catch. Even nuclear powerpla...

Sometimes what happens in Japan stays in Japan, and the “capsule hotel” phenomenon is a prime example. Unlike, say, sushi or the Honda Civi...

Fruit is an expensive commodity in Japan and is considered a gift of great luxury. The wealthy consider it a sign of prestige to pay exorbit...

Kanji, a Japanese written language, have always been extremely popular. People use them in art, as decoration in their homes, as tattoos on ...