Here's a number that might make you put down that second donut: In the United States, around 40 percent of all adults are considered obese. In Japan, the obesity rate is only one-tenth of that. We're ...

There is a custom that surprises foreigners visiting Japanese homes.It is taking off your shoes before entering the house.In Japan, many people take off their shoes at the entrance.The entrance, or ...

Japan’s centenarian population has reached a record high as the country continues to maintain the world’s longest life expectancy – a milestone officials credit to healthy lifestyles and fewer fatal ...

What’s true for all of the students is the welcoming atmosphere that Japan has provided them during their time here. “The ...

TOKYO, May 2 (Reuters) - Many Japanese life insurers, major investors in global bonds, plan to reduce currency hedging amid the yen's slump, as well as investing more in superlong-dated domestic debt.

A pair of life insurers announced significant reinsurance deals this week with Japanese reinsurance companies. Billion-dollar reinsurance arrangements are part of the new life insurance industry ...

Having grown up and lived in the US my entire life, my first night in Tokyo as a fresh college graduate was a full-on culture shock. I couldn't read the restaurant menu, so I had to point at pictures ...

For nine years, I lived in Japan, pursuing what I thought was my dream job. I had always been captivated by Japanese culture and learned the language at age 16. Later, I got a master’s degree in ...

Only 800 could crowd into the great public hall in Tokyo where the lottery took place last week, but 28,000 on the outside were waiting to hear the results. The lottery was no ordinary one, and its ...