Forget about the Mediterranean diet, and bring on the sushi. New research has revealed that eating a traditional Japanese diet might be helpful at staving off dementia and cognitive decline ...

Our recent study now suggests that following a traditional Japanese diet may also be beneficial for brain health – and better for it than the typical western diet is. Japan is renowned for the ...

Scientists believe a Japanese plant used in traditional Asian medicine contains a compound which could slow aging. The compound is found inside the angelica keiskei koidzumi plant, known in Japan ...

Perhaps the most significant change in Japanese food tradition was the successful UNESCO Intangible Heritage bid of 2013, which saw washoku enshrined as a “traditional dietary culture”.