Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here's a number that might make you put down that second donut: In the United States, around 40 percent of all adults are ...

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 ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Emery Bowles, a 52-year-old who lives between Japan and the US. The following has been edited for length and clarity. In 2008, I got divorced and ...

Explore Japan's unique Furusato Nozei (hometown tax) system, where residents can designate a portion of their residence tax to specific areas in exchange for local gifts like Wagyu steak or bicycles.

Last month, in the pages of an academic journal, British and Japanese psychologists posed an intriguing question: Is life easier for autistic people in Japan? Their argument is simply stated: Many ...

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 ...