Japan Sea element plants are generally thought to have evolved from closely related species on the Pacific side. Camellia japonica and Camellia rusticana were also believed to follow this pattern.

How to best cope with perimenopause and menopause while living in Japan. If you are a woman in your mid-30s or early 40s living in Japan, you need to know two very important words: heikeishouhenki ...

International tourism to Japan has exploded in recent years, and while the official figure for 2024 is yet to be released it is now certain to be a new record in excess of the 31.9 million who ...

Kampo medicine is the Japanese form of traditional herbal medicine that is still very popular in Japan. The word Kampo means ‘Chinese style’ in Japanese. Kampo developed out of traditional Chinese ...

Takamine is a new whiskey made with koji, a mold that’s long been used in Japan for starting fermentation.Credit...Kosuke Okahara for The New York Times Supported by By Clay Risen One afternoon ...