Batch of Manna BOLO (Plain) biscuits and Manna BOLO (Vegetable) biscuits taken off shelves over concerns they contain animal faeces.

With more Chinese companies moving their operations overseas, a marketing specialist has advised them to take a lesson from their Japanese peers in how not to handle their global expansions.

A woman village chief from Taiwan was on holiday in Japan when a man persistently harassed her, so she made sure he would regret his actions.

The incident involving Jamel Clayton is likely to further escalate anti-American sentiment in the prefecture.

Suzhou police salute ‘righteous and courageous’ Hu Youping, saying her ‘great act of justice’ prevented more people being hurt.

The lack of interest among young Japanese in the country’s royals reflects the dominance of digital media, analysts say.

The kits made of a cutting-edge new fabric prevent infrared cameras from seeing through to athletes’ underwear or bodies underneath.

Seoul says the test ended in a mid-air explosion, differing from Japan’s analysis and contradicting the North’s claims of MIRV success.

Experts say incidents involving Yuriko Koike and Renho Murata stem from simmering ‘latent anger’ against the country’s existing social order.

Pyongyang’s suspected hypersonic ballistic missile test has analysts worried the regime is inflaming tensions to skirt sanctions.

He coined the term ‘blue zones’ for communities with healthy centenarians. Dan Buettner says there are no magic solutions to long life, but we can all follow the ‘Power 9’ lifestyle principles he learned.

The proposed Tokyo-Osaka ‘Autoflow-Road’ transport system could carry the same amount of freight as 25,000 truck drivers every day.

Japan has limited headroom to further boost defence spending, analysts say, but it may step up military drills with a beady eye on Pyongyang.

A lavish state banquet was thrown at Buckingham Palace to mark the first such trip by Japanese head of state since 1998.

Observers say anti-Japanese sentiment in China verges on ‘irrational hatred’, urge Japanese companies to recall families of staff overseas.

Hong Kong climbs one place to rank second in the world in Swiss bank Julius Baer’s study of the cost of living for high-net-worth individuals.

Natto is widely consumed in Japan as a budget superfood, but the pungent aroma and wildly sticky texture of the fermented soybeans are not for everyone.

The Kyodo News poll underpinned the public’s continued dissatisfaction with Kishida’s policy management.

The humble sticky-rice ball’s popularity has shot up because it’s simple to make, is gluten-free and is versatile.

New technology is being used to create a product that will disguise irate customers’ tone of voice so that the psychological effect on staff dealing with them is reduced.

Israeli alternative protein start-up Forsea aims to bring its cell-based eel unagi to Japan and other Asia-Pacific markets including China and Hong Kong to provide a more sustainable version of an enormously popular dish.

Most people in a survey cited the professional benefits of lighting up at the workplace, a trend an anti-tobacco advocacy group says won’t last long.

A studio chain in Japan has found itself in hot water over a Father’s Day photography strategy in which it encourages little girls to dress up in wedding gowns for “daddy’s little bride” photos.

Trip highlights will include a state banquet at Buckingham Palace, with a possible appearance by Kate, Princess of Wales.

With the country recording nearly 1,000 cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome so far this year, what should travellers do to avoid infection?