Looking for a new chef’s knife? These are the best ones we’ve tested. With these knives, you'll chop, dice and slice to ...

According to James Beard Award-winning chef Tony Messina, “At a minimum, a home cook should own three to four knives, ...

When I first moved into my own home, I got myself a nice set of plastic chopping boards that were color coded to avoid any risk of cross contamination. Then I noticed the slash marks my knife was ...

Japan's renewable energy firm Erex is conducting trial production at its wood pellet plant in Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang and will put it into official operation in February ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

Another factor is the cheap yen, which has plunged against other currencies over the past three years, making everything from a bowl of ramen to a handmade Japanese kitchen knife more affordable.

It has been over six months since I wrote on lumber and the iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (NASDAQ:WOOD) product on Seeking Alpha. I concluded the June 6, 2024, article with the following ...

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southwest Japan on Monday, the country's Meteorological Agency has said. The earthquake hit at 9.19 pm local time (3:19 pm CET), it added. Tsunami warnings were ...

A strong earthquake rattled southern Japan on Monday, the United States Geological Survey is reporting. The notable quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, the USGS said and was recorded ...

The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s preliminary magnitude at 6.8. The Japan Meteorological Agency said it had an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7. The quake began at ...