TOKYO -- Deaths and hospitalizations have been reported among a number of people who consumed a mold-based supplement manufactured by a Japanese pharmaceutical company. Osaka-based Kobayashi ...

The products include fermented salted squid, senbei rice crackers and Japanese sake. Authorities in Taiwan say they found records that two firms there imported products containing the beni-koji ...

Since ancient times, safflowers grown in Yonezawa have been used to dye fabric a deep red color associated with the sun. Experience its mysterious, vivid beauty through time-lapse footage.

Recently, however, Beni Haruka has overtaken the long-standing ... Although the total cultivation area for sweet potatoes in Japan has declined by more than 10 percent compared to a decade ago ...