NANMOKU, Japan — This village sits along a river running through the mountains, surrounded by forests of cedar and bamboo. The once-thriving hamlet was known for its silk, timber and a starchy root ...

Customers settle in for counter service as a Japan Village vendor offers seaweed-wrapped onigiri rice balls. Brian Zak/NY Post After trying “all the food” during a recent trip to Tokyo, Tanner ...

Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. When Sunrise Mart opened 23 years ago near the corner of Third Avenue and ...

On the surface, Nagoro is like any other sleepy riverside village in southern Japan's remote Iya Valley. Until you realize the town's "villagers" are actually life-size scarecrows -- and they ...

Japan Village, the latest in an apparently inexhaustible series of NYC food halls, completed its first full weekend on Sunday with most, though not yet all, of its vendors open. Located within ...

FUDAI, Japan – In the rubble of Japan's northeast coast, one small village stands as tall as ever after the tsunami. No homes were swept away. In fact, they barely got wet. Fudai is the village that ...

Several municipalities across Japan already have ordinances in place regarding manners. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

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Some Japanese are trying to reinvigorate their country's most aged village — where two-thirds of residents are over 65. Japan's village with the oldest population is wooing young residents to survive ...