In 1974, KFC launched its 'Kurisumasu ni wa Kentakkii!' campaign (which translates as 'Kentucky for Christmas!').

In Cambodia, the purge of intellectuals under Pol Pot and years of war caused traditional Khmer dishes to vanish from home ...

The logo of Japan's public broadcaster NHK is pictured in this April 2021 file photo. (Mainichi/Junichi Sasaki) TOKYO -- Japan's public broadcaster NHK has begun verifying reception contracts for ...

Taiwan has lifted all remaining import restrictions on Japanese food items imposed after the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The health ministry said on Friday that it ...

Evacuees from a massive fire in Oita City, southwestern Japan, are enjoying hot meals at a local community center. The blaze broke out in the city's Saganoseki district on Tuesday. As of Sunday, it ...

NHK is cracking down on households with TVs that have failed to pay subscription fees in order to prevent free riders from using its services, by limiting who can access its news website as well as ...

Workers are busy making roasted red sea bream in central Japan's Mie Prefecture. Sea bream are a symbol of good fortune in Japan. People offer them as year-end gifts and they're eaten during the New ...

A member of a Japanese yakuza group who is accused of fatally shooting the owner of a popular Chinese dumpling restaurant chain 12 years ago has claimed he is innocent at his first court hearing.

Lifelike food replicas have long been a fixture of Japanese dining culture. Now, in an exhibition at Japan House, they are ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency says a powerful earthquake has hit off the Japanese northern coast, and that a tsunami alert ...

The magnitude 7.2 quake struck off the coast of Hokkaido, near the coastal city of Aomori with an epicenter about 30 miles ...

NHK has learned that a major private university in Japan is considering raising tuition fees for overseas students due to rising costs to accept them. As of May last year, Tokyo's Waseda University ...