OSHU, Japan--Katsunori Suzuki is one of a few craftsmen in Japan still producing cast iron cookware by hand using laborious traditional techniques. The president of the 172-year-old foundry where ...

Ahead, here are the most reliable, well-constructed pieces that are worthy of a spot in your cookware collection.

A look at the long history of Asian Americans and its role in shaping US identity. The essay also looks at the push-pull factors that have helped define demographic trends in the United States to ...

Japan is in the grip of an elderly crime wave - the proportion of crimes committed by people over the age of 65 has been steadily increasing for 20 years. The BBC's Ed Butler asks why. At a ...

Then, in 1924, Congress approved an immigration ban on all Asians, including Japanese people, saying that they could not become citizens, no matter how long they lived in the United States.

It also looks darn good hanging from a cookware rack. The cocktail shaker has been around for a long time but it's been ... Lancaster's lighter 10.5-inch pan is a thing of beauty.

The craft, popularized in Japan, involves gathering and jabbing small tufts of wool (or even cat or dog hair) with a needle to transform it into soft, fluffy objects. The kids were proud of the ...

Whether starting a campfire or smoking, a lighter that performs well makes all the difference. Lighters are handy to have in your travel backpack in case of emergencies and are a worthwhile ...

For more than a decade, elections in Japan had taken on a rubber-stamp quality for the conservative Liberal Democrats. This time, a wearied public angered by a long-simmering political finance ...

Drones weighing 200 grams or more are already covered by the Civic Aeronautics Law, but the revamp will include lighter ones weighing ... that the market size in Japan for drones in fiscal 2019 ...

Based on Kyoko Nakajima’s novel ‘Nagai Owakare’, Japanese drama A Long Goodbye tells the story of Shohei (Tsutomu Yamazaki), a 70-year-old retired principal. His daughters, Fumi (an aspiring ...

Steak is such a great gift, especially for the person who has everything. If you bought someone a watch or a tie last year, ...