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Milo chocolate milk has been hugely popular in Southeast Asia for decades. Now the breakfast and tea time favorite is ab...

When Jerry Callahan had his first bite of a Sumo Citrus fruit about nine years ago, he knew he'd tried something special...

In this secluded kingdom, a secret incense formula believed to promote healing and happiness is known by only two people...

A theme park dedicated to Nintendo's famous Super Mario World has opened in Japan, nearly a year after it was originally...

Dictionary.com on March 11, 2021 announced its latest addition of new words, which reflects the ongoing impact of COVID-...

Earth Hour is one of the world’s largest grassroots movements for the environment. It was started by the World Wide Fund...

Unilever New Zealand is testing a four-day work week - CNN Two hours a week, 20 minutes per day. That's the amount of ou...

The news has now become omnipresent. Everywhere we look, we just can’t seem to shake it off — and we love it. We love re...

Living in a dirty house can cause you a lot of stress and everyone with a sense of responsibility can realize this. Clea...

In the Before Times, video calls for many American workers were a novelty -- a rare occurrence you might encounter if, s...

Before issuing EUAs (Emergency Use Authorization) for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, the FDA reviewe...

Face masks will be an immutable part of our foreseeable future, so it’s no surprise that manufacturers are rolling out n...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down from his role as chief executive later this year and transition to the role of ...

At first glance the silicone wristband could be mistaken for one that tracks your heart rate when you are doing exercise...

First, don’t skip out on your nightly seven hours. Research has shown that your brain undergoes a natural detoxifying pr...

Rentable mobile phone chargers have been installed in a handful of public phone booths in Fukuoka, the first endeavor of...

Have you ever tried to fix an ongoing lack of energy by getting more sleep — only to do so and still feel exhausted? If ...

This year will be marked as a year of continued uncertainty, anxiety and -- if you're like many people -- a lot of stres...

If you’ve ever been to a Japanese supermarket like Ito Yokado, Aeon, Seiyu, or Max Valu, then you’ve probably noticed th...

All over the world, from the US to Germany to the UK, some people decide to disappear from their own lives without a tra...

Unilever (UL) has become the latest major company to hop on the four-day work week bandwagon, lending credence to the id...

Bread is not the enemy. “Find a bread you enjoy that is also healthy,” suggests DeFazio,a registered dietitian nutrition...

There's good news about coronavirus vaccines. At least three of the experimental vaccines show remarkable efficacy, at l...

Mostly everyone, from glamorous influencers to your grumpy neighbor, use at least one social media platform. So it's tim...

Born in Oakland, California, to two immigrant parents - an Indian-born mother and Jamaican-born father - her parents div...

The requirement by many of Japan's firms that job applicants indicate their gender and even provide a photo on resumes h...

Google will restrict free usage of a very popular service. The company will phase out unlimited storage on Google Photos...

It’s one thing to know you should take a vacation and it’s another to actually take one, especially when a simple trip t...

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, roughly 1 in 6 U.S. workers, some 26 million people, worked either partly or f...

Okonomiyaki is popular all over Japan, particularly in the Kansai region, which includes Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe, and in H...

From goat yoga to sound baths, the world is full of wellness trends designed to soothe and calm both body and spirit. No...

Urban planners and local authorities must improve walkability in cities to tackle poor health and social inequality, res...

A Tokyo temple held a "memorial service" Monday for around 50 "hanko" seals that companies have discarded as part of the...

Halloween began as the festival of Samhain. It was part of the ancient Celtic religion in Britain and other parts of Eur...

Japan Post Co unveiled to the press Wednesday a self-driving mail delivery robot, the first of its kind on a public road...

If you're feeling a bit sluggish today, just two minutes of exercise could give your brain a boost, a new study shows. R...

Traditional Japanese funerary practices are rooted within Buddhist rituals, and a traditional Japanese funeral consists ...

Shinrin-yoku (森林浴)—which literally translates to “forest bath”—is the Japanese practice of “bathing” oneself in nature w...

The question “How are you?” has long been a go-to greeting, a way to spark a bit of small talk. But this year, as our li...

Japan has the oldest population in the world, and that's causing an acute labor shortage. With almost a third of the pop...

Drive-ins as a solution to health crises is not without precedent. Before a polio vaccine became available in 1955, driv...

The travel business isn't exactly booming at the moment thanks to the social distancing and safety protocol necessary to...

A Japanese company has announced the successful test drive of a flying car. Sky Drive Inc. conducted the public demonstr...

The city of Amsterdam is going greenThe local council has installed eight hemp-filled, sustainable urinals The local cou...

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's neuroscience startup Neuralink on Friday unveiled a pig named Gertrude that has had...

Swedes have long embraced their version of staycations: hemester. Now, Covid-19 travel restrictions and remote working a...

On July 1, 2020, supermarkets, department stores and major convenience stores in Japan started charging a fee for plasti...

Local officials in Florida have approved the release of 750 million mosquitoes that have been genetically modified to re...

The ancient Egyptians are credited with “inventing” the celebration of birthdays. They believed when pharaohs were crown...

Scientists are hoping to deliver a vaccine that protects against Covid-19, and its transmission, by early 2021. In order...