In 1979, 30 mongooses were brought to Japan's Amami-Oshima island to fight the deadly Habu snakes that had terrorized locals ...

What it communicates, above all, is the hopeless unhipness of its sender. I use it anyway, mostly out of habit but also ...

Once a meditative Japanese ritual, matcha is now a mainstay in cafés, coolers, cocktails — and culture ...