Hakuba Valley is located in Japan's Nagano Prefecture, which is just three hours from Tokyo by bullet train. The valley is ...

Moss has been shown to survive one of the harshest environments imaginable: the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). Researchers sent three different types of moss structures to the ...

Japan's new PM has vowed to "work, work, work," even on two hours of sleep. Critics warn her stance could revive toxic ...

A study to see how moss would fare in the extreme environment of space has left scientists “genuinely astonished” after the ...

Hokkaido has long been one of Japan’s major agricultural regions. Today, the northern island known for dairy farms, ski ...

The Potsdam Proclamation and the Constitution of Japan, enforced in 1947, which is known as the "Peace Constitution", form ...

Bolted to the exterior of the International Space Station, a few hundred moss capsules spent nine months staring straight ...

The country once led the world in semiconductors and electronics, but over the years it fell behind Taiwan, South Korea and ...

Facing closure with only nine new enrollees, the town-run Niseko High School here has remarkably turned its fortunes around ...

So, they sent some sporophytes to the ISS. Astronauts affixed the samples to the station's exterior, where they remained for ...

This recipe is reprinted from the 2025 book “Lidia’s The Art of Pasta”: ½ small butternut squash (about 1 pound), split ...

Leading the kitchen is executive chef Stuart Rogers, who has held roles in restaurants like Aria, the Optimist, and Nava.