Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

Soy sauce, or shoyu, is a staple of Japanese cuisine. Different localities have their own unique flavors. Western Japan's Kyushu region is known for its distinctly sweet soy sauce, which has a ...

Since the US soybean season begun last September demand for US soybean has jumped 30% reaching 23.7 million tons, even when exports are down 14% from the 2004 record, show US Agriculture data.

Soy sauce containers that are included in boxes of shumai dumplings made by Kiyoken, based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, ...

Which soy sauce to buy Try to get your hands on a Japanese soy sauce (or ‘shoyu’). Shoyu can be light (‘usukuchi’), with a saltier flavour, or dark (‘koikuchi’), with a more rounded ...

With more and more overseas travelers seeking out day trips to the Japanese countryside while visiting big cities, it’s ...

Nattō, which is a fermented Japanese soybean dish, is definitely an acquired taste. It has some characteristics that you don't often see in a lot of other foods. First of all, it's got quite a ...