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Japan festival opens in Sao Paulo

A festival featuring Japanese cuisine, anime, games and music as well as industrial goods opens in Sao Paulo on July 10, 2026. About 200,000 people are expected to visit the three-day Festival do Japao, according to organizers.

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Japan festival opens in Sao Paulo

A festival featuring Japanese cuisine, anime, games and music as well as industrial goods opens in Sao Paulo on July 10, 2026. About 200,000 people are expected to visit the three-day Festival do Japao, according to organizers.

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Japan festival opens in Sao Paulo

A festival featuring Japanese cuisine, anime, games and music as well as industrial goods opens in Sao Paulo on July 10, 2026. About 200,000 people are expected to visit the three-day Festival do Japao, according to organizers.

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Taiwan: Typhoon Kong-Rey Makes Landfall, Bringing Strong Winds, Heavy Rain 6

Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taitung, southeast Taiwan, on Halloween afternoon, October 31. It brought gusty winds and heavy rainfall to eastern Taiwan and was expected to affect other regions as well.

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Symposium on Japanese "umami" flavor in London

A symposium is held at Japan House in London on March 11, 2024, on the complex "umami" flavor produced by "dashi" soup stock and fermentation, both key elements in "washoku" Japanese traditional cuisine. Japanese chefs based in Europe served seafood from Japan to food company officials and journalists to mark the 10th anniversary of the registration of washoku cuisine on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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The International Village of Gastronomy - Paris

Participants of Japanese cuisine attend the 1st Forum de France de l'Alimentation and the 6th edition of the International Village of Gastronomy in Paris on September 7, 2023. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The International Village of Gastronomy - Paris

Participants of Japanese cuisine attend the 1st Forum de France de l'Alimentation and the 6th edition of the International Village of Gastronomy in Paris on September 7, 2023. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gourmet institute selects coriander cuisine as dish of year in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 6 Kyodo - Various dishes featuring coriander are introduced at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 5, 2016, as a private gourmet institute selected food featuring the versatile herb as the dish of the year, citing its growing popularity in Japanese food culture.

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Thai tourists enjoy cuisine at old mansion in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists from Thailand enjoy Japanese cuisine at a Ganko Food Service restaurant converted from an old Japanese-style mansion in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 30, 2014.

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Nat'l council to hand down 'washoku' culture to be launched

TOKYO, Japan - Isao Kumakura (C), president of Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, and others in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, announce they will establish a national council for passing the tradition and culture of "washoku" Japanese cuisine to the next generation. The council is expected to start its activities in April 2015. Washoku was registered in UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2013.

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Japan receives UNESCO certificate for cultural heritage

NAGOYA, Japan - During a ceremony in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 9, 2014, Irina Bokova (L), secretary general of UNESCO, and Japan's education minister Hakubun Shimomura pose with a certificate to add "washoku" traditional Japanese cuisine to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The intergovernmental panel of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization last December approved adding traditional Japanese cuisine to the list.

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Japan promotes 'yuzu' citron in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - A chef demonstrates how to cook dishes using "yuzu" juice from Kochi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, during a promotion event in New York on Oct. 8, 2014. Kochi is Japan's biggest producer of yuzu, a citrus fruit whose juice is commonly used in Japanese cuisine as a seasoning and its aromatic zest as garnish.

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Young chefs aim to boost interest in 'washoku' at school

TOKYO, Japan - Young chefs hold a lecture for school nutritionists in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2014, in an effort to boost students' interest in "washoku" or traditional Japanese cuisine, which has been added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list.

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PM Abe promotes 'washoku' Japanese cuisine in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Kimono-clad Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Center L) and his wife Akie (Center R) attend an event to promote "washoku" Japanese cuisine in New York on Sept. 24, 2014.

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Baby food seasoned with 'dashi' broth to go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Co. releases chicken porridge as part of its new high-end baby food series seasoned with "dashi" broth essential to Japanese cuisine in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014. The product, designed to develop a sense of taste for Japanese cuisine from a young age, will go on sale on Sept. 19.

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Baby food seasoned with 'dashi' broth to go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Co. unveils "udon" noodle stewed with chicken and vegetables as part of its new high-end baby food series seasoned with "dashi" broth essential to Japanese cuisine in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014. The product, designed to develop a sense of taste for Japanese cuisine from a young age, will go on sale on Sept. 19.

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Baby food seasoned with 'dashi' broth to go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Takuji Takahashi (L), manager of time-honored Japanese-style restaurant "Kinobu" in Kyoto, western Japan, joins other people in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014, to promote Meiji Co.'s newly developed high-end baby food seasoned with "dashi" broth essential to Japanese cuisine. The product, designed to develop a sense of taste for Japanese cuisine from a young age, will go on sale on Sept. 19.

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Farm minister Hayashi inspects H.K. food fair

HONG KONG, China - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (C) inspects a food exposition in Hong Kong on Aug. 14, 2014, expressing hope Japanese food will spread overseas further in the wake of the registration of Japan's traditional cuisine on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list last year.

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Colonial-era Japanese buildings get new lease on life in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo taken May 24, 2014, shows the Kishu An (Kishu House), which was built by Japan's Hiramatsu family in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1917. The Japanese colonial building was used as a restaurant specializing in sukiyaki and Western cuisine, and has been newly restored.

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Abe in France

PARIS, France - French President Francois Hollande (R front) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (next to Hollande) visit an event to promote Japanese cuisine in Paris on May 5, 2014.

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Japanese breweries growing popular among foreign tourists

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors on a guided tour at Japanese sake brewer Kinshi-Masamune Co.'s Shintokiwagura plant in Kyoto, western Japan, watch the sake fermentation process as "koji" malted rice and yeast are mixed on Feb. 28, 2014. Amid the rising global popularity of Japanese cuisine, overseas tourists are showing an increasing interest in guided tours of Japanese breweries and distilleries.

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Japanese breweries growing popular among foreign tourists

OSAKA, Japan - Foreign tourists and other visitors taste samples during a guided tour at the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 27, 2014. Amid the rising global popularity of Japanese cuisine, overseas tourists are showing an increasing interest in guided tours of Japanese breweries and distilleries.

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Chef says Japanese cuisine being enjoyed in Europe

GENEVA, Switzerland - Photo taken Feb. 28, 2014 in St. Moritz shows Yoshihiro Takahashi, a chef at Hyotei, an established restaurant in Kyoto serving traditional Japanese cuisine, who took part in St. Moritz Gourmet Festival 2014, a food event that brought together top-class chefs from around the world in the Swiss resort town in January.

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U.S. students visit tsunami-hit city

OFUNATO, Japan - Students (center, R) from Del Norte High School in Crescent City, California, and a student from Takata High School in Japan's Iwate Prefecture, jointly make "hittsumi," a soup dish representative of the local cuisine, at the Japanese school's temporary facility in Ofunato, Iwate, on Feb. 18, 2014. A group of high school students from northern California visited their peers in the tsunami-hit northeastern Japanese city after helping return to the Japanese high school a boat that was washed across the Pacific Ocean after the March 2011 earthquake.

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U.S. students visit tsunami-hit city

OFUNATO, Japan - A student (L) from Del Norte High School in Crescent City, California, and a student from Takata High School in Japan's Iwate Prefecture, eat "hittsumi," a soup dish representative of the local cuisine, that they made together at the Japanese school's temporary facility in Ofunato, Iwate, on Feb. 18, 2014. A group of high school students from northern California visited their peers in the tsunami-hit northeastern Japanese city after helping return to the Japanese high school a boat that was washed across the Pacific Ocean after the March 2011 earthquake.

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Visitors taste Japanese food at event in London

LONDON, Britain - Visitors taste Japanese food at an event held at the Japanese Embassy in London on Feb. 10, 2014, to promote Japanese cuisine.

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Gourmet festival in Switzerland

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Takuji Takahashi (center L), master chef at Kinobu, and Yoshihiro Takahashi (center R), 15th-generation chef at Hyotei, which has been awarded three Michelin stars, speak to guests after serving up traditional Japanese cuisine at the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Jan. 28, 2014. They became the first Japanese chefs invited to the gourmet festival.

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Ritz-Carlton Kyoto opens Japanese-style restaurant to media

OSAKA, Japan - The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto shows a Japanese-style restaurant for Italian cuisine to the press on Jan. 24, 2014, before the hotel's official opening the following month.

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Visitors enjoy Italian cuisine using Japanese ingredients

FLORENCE, Italy - Visitors enjoy original Italian dishes made using ingredients from various parts of Japan during an event organized by the Japanese government in Florence, central Italy, on Jan. 21, 2014.

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Japanese cuisine reception in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - Sashimi is served at an "Omotenashi" (hospitality) Japanese cuisine reception in Berlin on Jan. 17, 2014.

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Japan farm minister serves meal at reception in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (2nd from left) serves Japanese food at an "Omotenashi" (hospitality) Japanese cuisine reception in Berlin on Jan. 17, 2014.

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Japanese cuisine added to UNESCO intangible heritage list

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows dishes at Japanese restaurant Edo Kappo "Yonemura" in Tokyo's Ginza district. "Washoku" traditional Japanese cuisine was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list on Dec. 4, 2013.

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Japanese prime minister in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front R) attends a Japanese cuisine event at the Japanese Embassy in Moscow, Russia, on April 30, 2013.

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Kyoto intangible cultural heritage holder

KYOTO, Japan - Eiichi Takahashi, the 14th generation owner and chief cook of Hyotei, prepares a fish at his traditional Japanese cuisine restaurant in Kyoto on March 1, 2013. He has been recently designated as part of an intangible cultural heritage by Kyoto Prefecture.

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Japanese food culture events in Paris

PARIS, France - A man makes a cocktail using Japanese sake at the Japanese ambassador's official residence in Paris on Feb. 7, 2013. A slate of events to introduce Japanese food culture is being held for about two months through March in the French capital as part of efforts to have "washoku" Japanese cuisine listed on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritages.

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Japanese food culture events in Paris

PARIS, France - An oyster farmer (R) explains an oyster recipe at the Japanese ambassador's official residence in Paris on Feb. 7, 2013. A slate of events to introduce Japanese food culture is being held for about two months through March in the French capital as part of efforts to have "washoku" Japanese cuisine listed on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritages.

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Japanese cuisine clinic in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Cooks learn how to prepare raw fish at Michelin-starred seafood restaurant Oceana in New York on Feb. 11, 2012. The Japanese Consulate General in New York hosted the clinic to promote Japanese cuisines.

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Japanese cuisine clinic in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Sushi chef Toshio Suzuki (L) explains the meaning of the Japanese phrase ''Itadakimasu'' (thank you for the food) before teaching cooks how to prepare raw fish at Michelin-starred seafood restaurant Oceana in New York on Feb. 11, 2012. The Japanese Consulate General in New York hosted the clinic to promote Japanese cuisines.

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H.K. chief eats sushi

HONG KONG, China - Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang (front) eats sushi during an event in the territory on May 23, 2011. About 70 senior local officials and lawmakers attended as Japanese restaurants in Hong Kong organized the event to offer Japanese cuisine using foodstuffs from Japan in an effort to promote Japanese food amid radiation fears due to a nuclear crisis at home.

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Japanese restaurants rank 12th, 20th in world

LONDON, Britain - Yoshihiro Narisawa (L), owner and chef of the French restaurant ''Les Creations de Narisawa'' in Tokyo's Minami-Aoyama district, and Seiji Yamamoto (R), chef of ''RyuGin,'' Japanese cuisine in Tokyo's Roppongi, pose for photos in London on April 18, 2011. ''Les Creations de Narisawa'' and ''RyuGin'' were ranked 12th, the best rank for a restaurant in Asia, and 20th, respectively, in the world's 50 best restaurant list released the same day. ''Noma,'' a Scandinavian restaurant in Copenhagen, topped the list for two consecutive years.

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French cuisine chef to open new eatery in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Celebrated Japanese chef Tateru Yoshino, who manages four French restaurants in Paris and Tokyo, poses for the photographer during an interview at one of his eponymous restaurants in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 12, 2011. Yoshino is preparing to open another restaurant in Tokyo this spring to serve French cuisine with a ''Japanese taste,'' adding to the four, all of which have received stars from French guidebook Michelin.

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World Cuisine in Tokyo: Hawaiian dishes

TOKYO, Japan - Customers dine at Hawaiian restaurant Ogo Ono-loa Hawaii in Tokyo's Akasaka district on June 17, 2009. The restaurant's walls are adorned with quilts from Hawaii, a popular destination for Japanese tourists and the birthplace of U.S. President Barack Obama.

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NPO to recommend Japanese restaurants overseas

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese nonprofit organization announced Jan. 29 a plan to issue recommendation marks (in photo) to qualified Japanese restaurants overseas to help promote the international spread of Japanese cuisine.

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Giant Japanese butterburs to the dining table

KUSHIRO, Japan - Giant Japanese butterburs known locally as Rawanbuki are ready to be harvested for food at a farm in Ashoro, southeastern Hokkaido. The stem of Japanese butterburs, which is rich in minerals and food fibers, is soft when cooked and is popular in Japanese cuisine. Rawanbuki grows mostly in the Rawan area of Ashoro and soars over 2 meters in height when fully grown.

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Japanese chef awarded prestigious Austrian culinary title

VIENNA, Austria - Shingo Kanda, a Tokyo native living in Austria, takes part in a national cooking examination held at the Tirol Chamber of Commerce on May 13. The 29-year-old Japanese chef made culinary history in Austria by becoming the first non-European ever to be awarded the respected title of master cook. The examination, reputedly one of the most difficult in the world, can only be taken once in a lifetime. Those who take the exam, focused on Austrian cuisine from the Hapsburg Court.

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Japanese chef Mikuni appointed ambassador for Greek food

PIREUS, Greece - Japanese chef Kiyomi Mikuni (L), renowned for his French cuisine, is appointed a goodwill ambassador for Greek food by the Greek trade council in a ceremony at a restaurant in the port town of Pireus on March 17. The move is in line with Greece's plan to boost advertising for its pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition to be held in Japan's Aichi Prefecture.

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Culinary competition held in Nanning, China to promote China-ASEAN exchanges

STORY: Culinary competition held in Nanning, China to promote China-ASEAN exchanges DATELINE: April 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: various of foodSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HE GUOHUA, Judge of 2022 Guangxi Int'l Food Innovation and Exchange CompetitionSOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XU DONGPING, Organizer of 2022 Guangxi Int'l Food Innovation and Exchange Competitionvarious of Nanning STORYLINE: The 2022 Guangxi International Food Innovation and Exchange Competition was held in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Wednesday. Chefs from both home and abroad joined the competition and brought food of Southeast Asian flavor, Japanese flavor, Korean flavor, and European flavor to the event. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HE GUOHUA, Judge of 2022 Guangxi Int'l Food Innovation and Exchange Competition "65 chefs participate in this year's competition, bringing 65 dishes, including Japanese cuisine, Thai cuisine, Vietnamese cuisine, Malaysian cuisine a

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