Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the Okinawa diet, a traditional Japanese way of eating emphasizing plant-based, whole foods, many people embrace the philosophy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kaki Okumura is a Japanese wellness writer who grew up in the US and Japan. In Japan, she learned that food is not just fuel and ...

Japanese cuisine is well-known for its famous meat dishes today, so it might be hard to believe that meat-eating was banned ...

Obesity is discussed primarily through the language of restriction and self-control. Japan offers a different model where ...

In Japan, eating is much more than an everyday act: it is an exercise in mindfulness. Eating means respecting the raw material, the hand that prepares it and the space that is shared. That is why ...

A traditional Japanese eating habit called hara hachi bu, which encourages participants to eat until they are only 80% full, has been associated with greater longevity and better overall health. Hara ...

It was a quintessentially Seattle kind of day … grey, wet, windy. Despite a punctual arrival, I realized the restaurant was closed until 5 p.m. After some waiting, I was met with a warm whiff of briny ...

Kaki Okumura is a Japanese wellness writer who grew up in the US and Japan. In Japan, she learned that food is not just fuel and that it can be used to express love. Two of the Japanese eating ...