On New Year's Day, millions of people in Japan visit Shinto shrines to pray for good fortune. In summer, many return to their ...

Obesity is discussed primarily through the language of restriction and self-control. Japan offers a different model where gratitude and mindfulness underpin healthy eating behavior.

Picture this: you step off a train that arrived within 20 seconds of its scheduled time, grab a freshly made egg sandwich ...

Japanese adults walk significantly more than Americans on average, with Tokyo residents averaging around ...

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Entrepreneurial young Japanese people are trying to reinvigorate Japan's most aged village — where more than two thirds of residents are over 65 — and keep it from vanishing from the map. Villages ...

Many people dream about leaving the place where they were born or currently live and pursuing a life abroad. Usually, such dreams involve not some random country, but one that seemingly calls to a ...

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It's more than a love language allergy. With the cherry blossoms unfurling throughout the city, Tokyo basks in the most romantic season of the year. Yet this city is a world away from Paris, where ...

Yumi Yamamoto has met Japan's oldest living people, and her great-grandmother died at 115. She's noticed a few things Japanese supercentenarians do which might contribute to their longevity. She ...

Japan's leadership model is failing to reproduce itself. The succession crisis is the warning every aging economy should be ...