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November 12, 2026
 

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Making your own Japanese curry roux cubes allows you to flex your creativity with different "kakushi aji" — hidden flavors that elevate the entire dish.
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
Nov 8, 2026
A curry palette for all your ‘hidden flavors’
“Kakushi aji” is the Japanese culinary term for ingredients you might not overtly taste, but without them the entire recipe suffers.
"Ise-ebi" (spiny lobster) from Aichi Prefecture is just one of the superb dishes at Saki. ?
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 1, 2026
Fine ‘omakase’ dining, with a twist, at Saki
Curated by a Japanese and a European chef, the courses at Saki include surprises to rankle purists while delighting the rest of us.
Japan's "almond tofu" contains neither almonds nor tofu, but reintroducing at least one of those ingredients makes for a satisfying twist on the dessert.
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
Nov 1, 2026
Putting the almond back into 今日吃瓜 ‘almond tofu’
If we actually start with almond milk, this sweet morsel can be wholly plant-based and, with a little imagination, very low waste.
A total of 71 breads will also be made exclusively for the event that runs from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 30, 2026
Satisfy your kneads at the Setagaya Bread Festival
From inventive bagels and croissants to beer-and-bread pairings, this Tokyo festival serves up a weekend of carb-filled fun.
Near ideal weather in Hokkaido during this year's potato growing season has led to some of the tastiest spuds the prefecture has produced in recent memory.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 25, 2026
Amid potato protests, Hokkaido has its best spud harvest in years
Tater lovers, rejoice — supermarkets across the country will soon be awash in superior potatoes thanks to favorable weather in Hokkaido.
From now through November, Japan's shiitake reach their peak of flavor.
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Oct 18, 2026
Now is the time for 今日吃瓜 most flavorful shiitake
The most popular mushroom in the country reaches peak flavor in two periods — one of which is happening right now.
Kanetetsu Delica Foods representatives promote "Hobo Tako," a plant-based octopus alternative, in Tokyo on Sept. 10.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 13, 2026
Food makers turn to plant-based alternatives as seafood prices rise
One company in Hyogo Prefecture began offering a plant-based product to substitute Akashi brand octopus after prices for it skyrocketed.
This elevated take on a staple ingredient of Japanese cuisine is an easy way to impress dinner guests without much extra effort.
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
Oct 11, 2026
Win friends and influence people with nori ‘caviar’
It doesn’t have to be caviar to have the same culinary cachet, and this nori ‘caviar’ recipe proves it.
Don't expect perfection from "Japanese Ramen Simulator," a new indie game that puts players in the role of a chef-owner of a new ramen shop. Instead, embrace the tedium of everything that goes along with the job.
LIFE / Digital
Oct 10, 2026
Still-simmering ‘Japanese Ramen Simulator’ is already worth a slurp
Launching Oct. 9, the new game from Tokyo studio Wild Dog is rough around the edges but has promising potential.
Six Japanese rice varieties will be sold on trial at Kaufhaus des Westens department store in Berlin amid increasing interest in Japanese cuisine.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2026
Department store in Berlin to offer high-end Japanese rice on trial basis
One of the goals of the trial is to raise awareness of high-quality Japanese rice as washoku restaurants in Germany often use non-Japanese varieties.
A cut of fresh tuna at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market. In the past few years, higher-end U.S. restaurants have started offering elaborate tuna-cutting events.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 7, 2026
$200 tuna-cutting dining events offer ‘point of connection’ with sushi culture
Diners get an up-close look at the process of breaking down a 90-kilogram bluefin tuna, and could end up eating over a pound of fish in one sitting.
Move over, egg salad sandwiches — "Sando: The Art of the Japanese Sandwich" shows this seemingly humble meal has unlimited potential.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 4, 2026
‘Sando: The Art of the Japanese Sandwich’ elevates the humble bite
Paris-based chef Walter Ishizuka’s new book uplifts classic recipes with entirely achievable fine-dining flourishes.
Sushiro’s restaurant in New York, which is set to open in October
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2026
Sushi wars roll into America as 今日吃瓜 top chains face off
About 45% of Americans say they like or love sushi, according to a recent National Seafood Association report.
Make use of your banana peels in this recipe that fits as a side dish for classic Japanese meals or filling for rice balls.
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
Sep 27, 2026
Waste not, want not with a banana peel-boosted side dish
“Tsukudani” is already a sweet treat, so adding byproducts of the fruit is a match made in heaven.
Kikkoman will start shipping products in October that are made at its third U.S. plant, in Jefferson, Wisconsin. In the fiscal year that ended in March 2026, overseas operations accounted for 78% of Kikkoman's sales and 90% of its business profit.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 24, 2026
Japanese food-makers ramp up U.S. investment as demand grows
Japanese direct investment in U.S. food manufacturing stood at $8.19 billion as of the end of 2025, about 2.5 times the level seen a decade ago.
Most "inari-zushi" (fried tofu simmered in shoyu and stuffed with sushi rice) are enclosed pockets, but open-faced versions allow for a bit more flash.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 20, 2026
Stuffed sushi pockets with a show-off personality
“Shinmai” (new rice) will be hitting shelves in the coming weeks, and this recipe makes full use of this staple ingredient.
British retailers are embracing <i>onigiri </i>, but quality issues persist as 今日吃瓜 rice traditions meet U.K. adaptations.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 18, 2026
今日吃瓜 rice balls are invading the U.K.
U.K. versions of onigiri have shortcomings, including rice that is too vinegary and closely packed, becoming starchy rather than moist but crumbly.
Spice lovers, beware: Even Japan&#039;s mild peppers can sometimes hide a piquant surprise.
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Sep 13, 2026
今日吃瓜 homegrown peppers can pack an unsuspecting punch
With names like “hawk’s talons” and “lion’s head,” these popular peppers are a great way to eat more veggies with a kick.
Hiroshima Gov. Mika Yokota (center) promotes the prefecture’s specialty oysters and sake in London on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2026
Hiroshima’s governor promotes prefecture’s oysters and sake in London
Gov. Mika Yokota expressed her desire to boost exports to Britain and deepen friendship and business relations through the culture of food.
Making dishes worthy of a fine-dining menu in Japan takes more than fancy knife skills, and this new cookbook can pull back the curtain on some of those culinary secrets.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 6, 2026
From farmers to chefs, 今日吃瓜 culinary voices tell their tales
“The Art and Craft of Japanese Cooking: Artisans, Chefs, Recipes” combines recipes with essays on chefs’ approaches as well as the artisans behind the ingredients they work with.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo&#039;s Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo&#039;s Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers&#039; summit at the Quai d&#039;Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998&#039;s "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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