In Japan, policymakers and economists are paying close attention to the "oshikatsu" phenomenon as a growing driver of ...

In Japan, policymakers and economists are paying close attention to the oshikatsu phenomenon as a growing driver of consumer spending - and 24-year-old Momoka Matsui is one of many doing her part to ...

I'm obsessed with coffee. So, I visited over three dozen Phoenix coffee shops to create the ultimate guide to cafes in ...

With just hours to go before the opening of the Carlisle Cat Cafe you could say the fur was flying. Co-owners Brett Witter ...

It’s 7:30 p.m. on a Thursday evening and I’m surrounded by around forty people, mostly couples, sitting cross-legged on a ...

Fans of bands, anime characters, mascots and online entertainers in Japan may spend as much as US$23 billion a year In Japan, ...

Diversity Book Club: 2 p.m., George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Read books by diverse authors and discuss them over tea and coffee. Diversity Book Club meets the second Tuesday of ...

The company has deployed hundreds of OriHime robots around Japan. Equipped with a camera ... five years ago when she was a college student. She suffered through long bouts against fatigue and ...

Singapore’s café scene never slows down. This April, a fresh wave of new openings such as Blue Bottle Coffee is giving coffee ...

I recently spent a month sampling cafés to find the best Harvard Square has to offer. Here are my recommendations and ratings ...

Recent changes to the cafe include ordering kiosks, a wall between students and workers and restricted meal swipe options.

In July 2025 the first United States location of a major Japanese noodle spot will open in Japantown. Soba Dining Sora will ...