When people hear "raw meat," their minds often go straight to sushi or steak tartare ... with soy sauce and wasabi. But Japan also has basashi, raw horse meat, thinly sliced and eaten with ...

An ancient type of fermented sushi called ... form of the raw fish dish, is seeing a renaissance aimed at making it more palatable to younger generations and food lovers visiting Japan from ...

When in Japan, you just gotta get yourself one of these darling little things for breakfast. Imagine snacking on one of these as you make your way down the streets or sit snug in a shinkansen (bullet ...

Sachi Kitajima Mulkey / Grist For all its differences from the United States, Japan’s culinary culture takes after America’s in a key way: It’s difficult to avoid meat and dairy. Of course ...

Some cultures traditionally serve raw meat dishes like steak tartare, sushi, and carpaccio. These preparations typically involve strict safety protocols, including specific freezing temperatures ...

TOKYO – Itadakimasu, or I humbly receive this meal. This everyday Japanese expression, said before tucking in, is imbued with outsized meaning as it honours everything that made the dish ...

In France, horse meat is often used in sausages and pâtés, while in Italy, it is served as a steak or in stews. In Belgium, horse meat is popular in burgers and meatballs, and in Japan, it is commonly ...

Raw horse meat sushi is considered a delicacy in Japan. The horses exported sell for up to $9,000 each, Lumax said. The horses are fattened up in Japan before being slaughtered, according to the CFIA.

The Prime Minister’s Office is supporting a bill brought forward by an MP Tuesday to ban the transport of live horses to Japan for slaughter to make a raw horse-meat delicacy. It said a bill ...