Articles

January 08, 2010

Swidden agriculture, known in Japanese as yakihata ("burned field") farming, has been conducted in Japan for several centuries. In contrast ...

November 24, 2009

Japanese owes its green color to the lack of fermentation. While smed s are far more common, there is ...

November 04, 2009

Japanese tea owes its green color to the lack of fermentation. While steamed teas are far more common, there is ...

August 04, 2009

Since ancient times the Japanese have taken in essential minerals, such as sodium, calcium, and potassium, as well as iodine ...

June 24, 2009

Rice terraces are paddies fields made on sloping land that follow the natural contour lines. Suited to the Japanese geography, ...

May 12, 2009

Eaten since prehistoric times, abalone is favored in Japan as a luxury foodstuff. It also has religious significance. The numbers ...

February 23, 2009

Funa zushi, or fermented sushi made with fish of the carp family known in Japan as funa , ...

January 27, 2009

Salt has been manufactured from seawater across Japan since prehistoric times. But with a 90-year monopoly on salt and the ...

September 30, 2008

The Ainu, an indigenous people who inhabited the northern part of Japan and part of Russia, produced sacchep, made by ...

September 30, 2008

In order to gain mid- and long-term insights into Japan and Asia in the twenty-first century, it is essential that ...