Despite rising prices and recent wet weather in Tokyo, cherry blossom viewing remains a major economic event. According to ...

IndulgenceChef Anumitra Ghosh Dastidar, founder of the city’s popular Bento Bento, suggests making panta bhaath, a Bengali ...

Hideo Kumano, the institute’s chief economist, developed what he calls a "hanami cost index” by tracking 14 common items, like rice balls, bento box lunches, fried chicken and beer.

Prices of rice in Tokyo jumped around 90 percent in March from a year earlier, with the government's recent release of ...

Among prices of rice-related items, rice balls climbed 11.8 percent, bento boxed meals increased 8.4 percent, while those of sushi served at restaurants rose 8.7 percent, the Ministry of Internal ...

Private-label products, which retailers develop with manufacturers, can be sold at lower prices than those of name-brand ...

Various manufacturers in Japan took to social media with an April Fools' Day hashtag to showcase their proud comical products ...

The plan will spur a small round of hiring — about one to two additional sushi chefs, one to two additional cooks and one to ...

this rice salad is made from deep-fried rice balls that are then broken into pieces and – in the original Lao version – served with a fermented pork sausage and various fresh ingredients.