‘Mizu uchiwa,’ or translucent paper fans, are in peak production for summer season in Gifu Prefecture.

The summer tradition of ukai, or cormorant fishing, which has a 1,300-year history, started on the Kiso River in Inuyama, ...

OBESITY has steadily emerged as a significant public health concern in the Philippines with increasing prevalence over the past decades. It used to be a concern among the high-income group but it has ...

RICE is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval- shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the ...