Cooking school students in central Japan's Fukui Prefecture have learned how to make traditional Japanese rice porridge. The ...

Tokyo-based company TechMagic created the world’s first cooking robot and showcased it at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). In October 2023, they experimented with the machine last year, ...

ZAZA Inc has launched an online sharing service airKitchen which provides foreign visitors to Japan a chance to visit ordinary family homes to cook and eat home-cooked meals together with local hosts.

With the rise of blogs, video platforms, and social networking services, more people than ever can connect and share common interests. But they are not just meeting and sharing online. Increasingly, ...

A 65-year-old cooking show in Japan has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest-running culinary program, broadcaster NHK said. Since its inception in 1957, NHK's "Kyo no Ryori," or ...

Thieves prowling the streets of Tokyo’s Ginza and Shinjuku entertainment districts overnight are not so much interested in luxury goods these days as they are targeting the waste leftover from making ...

Despite Japan’s reputation for good although sometimes quirky food, an online survey suggests Japanese are not overly fond of cooking compared with people in other countries. This was the finding of a ...

The geothermal sources that make Japan a haven for hot springs or onsen are also used to produce a range of delicacies. There's the "onsen tamago" -- eggs cooked in geothermally heated water at around ...

SEKI, Japan — In a Japanese city once famous for forging samurai swords, craftsmen sharpen and polish kitchen knives, but even at full tilt their small factory can't keep up with global demand. The ...