Editor’s note: The theme of Gohan Lab is to help people make simple, tasty “gohan” (meals). Feeling beaten down by summer? Nutritious "doyo shijimi" now in the prespawning stage have been ...

As a former professional chef turned food writer, my kitchen is STOCKED full of condiments and spices; everything from standards like ketchup and vinegars to more fun, off-beat options like ...

Japanese beef-bowl chain Sukiya has announced that miso soup served at one of its locations in January contained a rat. The company said the contamination occurred at a restaurant in the western ...

Shares Japanese restaurant chain Sukiya’s holding company have tumbled after a customer found a dead rodent in its miso soup. Zensho Holdings, which operates the Sukiya chain, saw its shares ...

TOKYO: Shares of Zensho Holdings Co, which operates Japanese restaurant chain Sukiya, fell as much as 7.1%, the most since Feb 13, after the firm said a customer had found a dead rodent in its ...

The steam of miso soup comforts me at this time of year. I received my miso from my friend Masami Horie in Shiga Prefecture, who owns a cafe in a 350-year-old house and also publishes good books.