He married a Japanese woman in 2006, and they have four children. Japan alone forces married couples to have single surname Hara began the process of acquiring Japanese citizenship around 2022.

The Seisuke Knife Festival takes place June 29 at DECK at the Queen Kapiolani Hotel from 4-8 p.m. This is its first time in Hawaii, with festivals in Ishikawa, Japan, and Portland, Oregon, since 2014.

We put our nose to the grindstone to round up the best knife sharpeners for making every edge you own a keen one.

In the last 20 years, Japanese knives have become more and more popular with home cooks. While French food prepared with German steel was the standard of fine dining in the United States for many ...

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Japan exported 16.2 trillion yen ($112 billion) worth of vehicles globally in 2024, with 5.9 trillion yen ($39 billion) going to the US, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity.

A man who was stabbed in a high-rise commercial facility in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district has been pronounced dead after being rushed to hospital. Police have arrested a 50-year-old suspect.

BoyNextDoor announced the news to fans during a concert held in Tokyo on Monday. "The lead track is really good, so we hope you look forward to it," the members told the crowd in Japanese. "We will be ...

TOKYO -- One man died after a fatal knife attack near Japan's JR Nagano Station at around 8 pm local time on Wednesday, local media reported. Three people, including two men and one woman, were ...

AICHI (TR) – Law enforcement apprehended the boyfriend of a woman whose nude body was found with a knife in her throat inside her residence in Toyota City on Sunday, reports the Yomiuri Shimbun (June ...