TABLE FOR TWO aims to tackle the dichotomy of global obesity and hunger through a unique calorie transfer program in which healthy meals are served...

The latest edition of Kojien, the most authoritative of Japanese dictionaries, hit the stores in January 2018. A team of 220 wordsmiths spent 5 years...

Kyoto celebrates spring with Miyako Odori, a 400-year-old dance festival featuring the geiko and maiko of Gion. The choreographer of this month-long...

With the Tsukiji Market slated for relocation in October 2018, a major concern is how to preserve its distinctive culture and traditions that date...

Around 15,000 athletes are expected at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Serving them food while taking into account their individual needs and cultural...

The destruction of natural habitats in the name of economic growth has made a once common bird an endangered species. In June 2018, however, 19...

Hansen's disease or leprosy has been treated effectively since the 1950's in most countries. It's not even that contagious. But in Japan, people...

The 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing, aka the Little Nobel Prize for Literature, went to Eiko Kadono (83), author of "Kiki's Delivery...

Eiichi Saitoh is a pioneering figure in rehabilitation medicine and man behind the development of cutting-edge braces and robots. Stricken by polio...

Takafumi Tsuruta is all about designing fashion that is stylish, functional and fun for everyone, transcending all boundaries. He made a splash in...

In September 2018, Japan's space agency, JAXA, became the first to land a robotic explorer on an asteroid. The rovers were dispatched from the...

Chieko Kuribayashi is the director of a non-profit. 5 years ago, it opened a "children's cafeteria" to serve kids that, whether for financial reasons...

Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator, has just recently entered civilian life. Reacher is a drifter, carrying no phone and the barest...

A former U.S. President is called out of retirement to find the source of a deadly cyberattack, only to discover a vast web of lies and conspiracies.

Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the...

Ted Black, a former federal prosecutor from New York, has reinvented himself representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles. But his firm is...

Years ago, the fearsome Pirate King, Gol D. Roger was executed leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the...

A group of friends have customized their microwave so that it can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an...

A brilliant math student is on the verge of a major breakthrough when a shadowy enemy tries to stop him. Fighting for answers—and his...

Jae-yoon, a late military enlistee, and his girlfriend, Young-joo, break up over the phone over growing misunderstandings. But a zombie outbreak...

Peter Parker is on his way to becoming a hero, but his path to get there is anything but ordinary.

A great student, avid gamer, and voracious fan-fic scribe, Kamala Khan has a special affinity for superheroes, particularly Captain Marvel. However,...

After stealing the Tesseract during the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” an alternate version of Loki is brought to the mysterious Time...

In a land where no magic is present. A land where the strong make the rules and weak have to obey. A land filled with alluring treasures and beauty,...