Saha Entertainment | Digitalvision | Getty Images Japanese and Australian markets are poised for a muted start on Thursday, after choppy trade on Wall Street overnight as data pointing to a contraction in the U.S. economy in the first quarter heightened investors’ fears of a looming recession. Several Asia-Pacific markets were closed for the Labor Day…
China has executed a man for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy last September, the Japanese embassy in China has told the BBC. Zhong Changchun was sentenced to death in January for attacking the boy, who had been walking to a Japanese school in south-eastern Chinese city of Shenzhen. The case had sent shockwaves through…
A Japanese woman who unexpectedly kissed K-pop boy band BTS’s Jin at a fan event last year has found herself under investigation by South Korean police. Police have called for the woman – who is currently in Japan – to come forward for questioning on charges of sexual harrassment in a public space. The incident…
Torikizoku, a yakitori chain with more than 600 locations in Japan, opened its first U.S. location in Torrance on January 24, 2025. Torikizoku is best known in Japan for its affordable flame-licked chicken skewers grilled over binchotan charcoal, served in a boisterous dining room alongside beer and sake. The first Torikizoku opened in Osaka in…
My knife collection used to make me feel like a magpie. My old Bakelite paring knife? Cool, but more of a collector’s item. The chef’s knives from Target that I’ve had since college? Begging to be put out to pasture. I explained all of this to a friend who is a much better cook than…
