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At almost every train station in Japan, in every izakaya alley, and in every convenience store refrigerator section, th...

Where to Eat It in Tokyo The Ryogoku district in eastern Tokyo is sumo country. Several retired wrestlers run chanko...

In Japan, falling asleep on the train, at your desk, or in a meeting is not embarrassing. It is proof you are working h...

It looks like something that lost a fight with a spider web. It smells like it has been fermenting since the Edo period...

Every night across Japan, something happens that most Western athletes never think to do: people fill a deep tub with h...

What if the most powerful recovery tool Japanese athletes use costs nothing, requires no equipment, and has been hiding...

Before protein shakes. Before energy gels. Before any of it — Japanese samurai and Zen monks were quietly optimizing th...

What if the most powerful weight-management tool on earth isn't a supplement, a macro split, or an intermittent fasting...

Most people assume walking is walking. Put one foot in front of the other, breathe some fresh air, done. But researcher...

Every morning across Japan, something quietly remarkable happens. Factory workers, schoolchildren, office employees, an...