Japan is a popular shoulder season destination for U.S. travelers, with interest rising despite economic slowdowns.

The increase in rice prices slowed marginally to a 100.2% increase year over year, down from 101.7% in May.

The decrease in exports was a reversal of the 0.5% rise expected by economists polled by Reuters, and comes amid a lack of a ...

Boka Restaurant Group is bringing a new omakase experience to the Chicago Athletic Association at the eight-seat bar formerly ...

Anti-Japanese sentiments on the West Coast did not fade with the war’s end. The federal War Relocation Authority, which oversaw the camps, resettled thousands of people in Chicago . Almost overnight, ...

Later, they were released into Japanese fresh waters and the invasive Chicago bluegills savaged the Japanese fresh water ecosystem. The emperor of Japan was forced to publicly apologize to his people.

A group of Japanese blues artists who are influenced by the Chicago scene were brought on to create “No Border Blues Japan,” a compilation orchestrated by Johnny Burgin (back row, center), a ...

Sunday marks the annual Day of Remembrance for Japanese Americans nationwide. The remembrance and associated events commemorate President Franklin Roosevelt’s Feb. 19, 1942, signing of Executive ...

Japanese-Americans began settling in Chicago during the 1890s, according to the Encyclopedia of Chicago. The city’s Japanese-American population jumped from roughly 300 during the 1920s to ...

In the summer of 2021, the Chicago Cubs desperately needed a reset. Jed Hoyer, the newly elevated president of baseball operations, had traded away Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Javier Báez in a ...

T he Chicago Cubs have not fully recovered from their trip west to Japan. Even on a private team plane, a 13-hour+ flight is not easy, particularly after losing back-to-back games.

Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga, of Japan, runs after a grounder at the Cubs baseball spring training facility, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, in Mesa, Ariz. Credit: AP/Ross D. Franklin.