Japanese snack company apologizes for $0.02 price increase

Tokyo-based Yaokin apologized for bumping the price of its popular Umaibo corn puff stick by 3 yen ($0.02). Announcing the news on X on Tues...

Fin Facts: 12 surprising things you didn’t know about the cherry blossom, Japan’s unofficial national flower

Spring is in the air, and so is the sight of blooming cherry blossoms. Unless you’ve been living under a rock that’s devoid of this marvelou...

This Japanese treat has a waiting time of 30 years

Asahiya, a family-run butcher shop founded in the city of Takasago in Japan’s Hyogo prefecture in 1926, has a 30-year waitlist for its worl...