By KAZUAKI HAGI/ Staff Writer
September 25, 2019 at 07:00 JST
Yasuko Kumagai and her husband chef, Shinichi, at their restaurant Trattoria Orso in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture. Pictures of married couples who met at Kumagai’s matchmaking parties cover the restaurant’s walls. (Kazuaki Hagi)
HAKUSAN, Ishikawa Prefecture--Italian restaurant Trattoria Orso received the culinary honor of being listed in the Michelin Guide, but another source of pride is its extraordinary success in matchmaking. [Read More]
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.