He was never arrested or charged with a crime. But like over 120,000 other Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans, he and his family were rounded up and sent on buses to prison camps in the West ...

SEOUL (Mainichi) -- In Seoul, South Korea, a special theme park called Nijimori Studio lets visitors feel like they are in ...

Many people dream about leaving the place where they were born or currently live and pursuing a life abroad. Usually, such dreams involve not some random country, but one that seemingly calls to a ...

President Donald Trump has vowed to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as part of his plans for mass deportations. During World War II, this law was one of several legal tools the government used to ...

Don’t worry, it’s just tempura-ry. While Japanese people eat a wide variety of diets, the most traditional is washoku. The plan is low in saturated fat and added sugar, high in fiber, rich in omega‑3 ...

Kikajin (帰化人) is the Japanese term for a person who has become a naturalized citizen. What is intended to be a neutral term categorizing newly minted Japanese citizens is rapidly acquiring a negative ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. The number of foreign visitors to Japan hit another record high in 2025, ...

The question of how Japanese people manage to maintain some of the lowest rates of heart disease in the world while consuming rice every day has fascinated scientists, nutritionists and everyday ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on April 27, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. The world's population may have recently exceeded eight billion, but it's a deceptive ...