Ever since 1954, kyushoku (school lunch) has been an official part of the Japanese school curriculum. Over the years, the laws and menu items have changed, from adding the role of a nutritionist to ...

Ranald MacDonald, the son of a Chinook chief and a Scottish settler, staged a shipwreck near Rishiri Island to gain entry into Japan — then, a closed country under isolationist policies. Despite being ...

A then third-year student at Musashino Higashi Specialized High School in Musashino, Tokyo, was expelled in January after ...