Heidi Borst is a freelance journalist, healthcare content writer and certified nutrition coach with a love of all things health and wellness. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The ...

Brendon Bigley, my co-host on NPC: Next Portable Console, is getting married soon and planning a honeymoon to Japan. Before leaving, he and his partner decided to learn Japanese together. In doing so, ...

High school students on Japan's southwestern island of Amami-Oshima have taken a special class to learn how to wear kimonos ...

Today is World Sake Day. October 1 has traditionally been the start of the brewing season, and Japan marks the day as Nihonshu no Hi (日本酒の日) or, literally, “Sake Day.” I often get questions from ...

Yakuza 0 is not an educational game in most respects, unless you’re trying to learn how to defend yourself with a salt shaker or you want detailed descriptions of Japanese whiskey. Nor is it a ...