In Tokyo Wednesday, a group of Americans engaged in a Japanese tradition more than a century old. The Americans are the Mets and the Cubs. The tradition is baseball.

“The acid is a bit higher, it’s a little sweeter and the umami content is a little stronger, as well"

Martha Stewart's first overseas venture is Japan, where stylish domesticity just might trump rigid old hierarchies.

The island nation's great and strange pop culture has been preparing for apocalypse ever since Hiroshima

Arthur Golden's American bestseller, "Memoirs of a Geisha," gets a thumbs down from the country where it's set.

The delay comes days after Japan's government proposed releasing contaminated water from the plant into the ocean.

Millennials watch "Westworld" with an added layer of awareness that frontiers are closed off to us, economically

Hayao Miyazaki's latest fable is beautiful and whimsical. Unfortunately, it's also a little cold

Japanese film distributor met with outrage, claims of betrayal

Angry old ladies are stepping forward to testify about the horrors of their years as Japanese "comfort women."

Actress Toni Collette talks about her "intense" desert-romance flick "Japanese Story" -- and why she likes weddings almost as much as Muriel Helsop.

In a subculture as sexually liberated as they come, why is kissing such an issue for some gay men?

Photos released by an activist group spark criticism over ongoing whale hunts in the Southern Ocean

Top chefs adore them, Rachael Ray sells them, so what's the big fuss about Japanese knives?