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SHOYU

Fried eggs in Japan are cooked quite rare, with their runny yolks intact.
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
Feb 3, 2026
Whip up sesame-crusted eggs for your Japanese breakfast
When it comes to frying eggs in Japan, it’s all about keeping the yolks runny. Get cracking with this recipe that can be done in a jiffy.
Sprinkle a little chili powder to your soy hot chocolate for a spicy touch.
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
Jan 7, 2026
Hot chocolate and soy sauce make perfect bedfellows in winter
The combination of the two ingredients creates a cozy cup brimming with umami.
As a child, Emiko Davies spent long periods in Japan and was exposed to her grandmother's homecooking.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 9, 2025
A deep dive into Japanese comfort food
Emiko Davies’ latest cookbook, “The Japanese Pantry: From Sake to Soy, Essential Ingredients for Japanese Home Cooking,” answers everything you want to know about the basics.
Plastic fish-shaped soy sauce containers, which have been banned in South Australia, on Tuesday in suburban Sydney.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2025
Australian state bans fish-shaped soy sauce bottles to curb plastic pollution
The soy sauce containers were added on Monday by the government of South Australia to a list of prohibited single-use plastic products, which also include disposable straws.
Juicy and refreshing, marinated tomatoes make the perfect side dish to cool you down this summer.
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Jul 27, 2025
As summer soars, the tomato offers a lesson in staying bright and cool
Peel them, soak them, chill them. Juicy, marinated tomatoes make the perfect side dish to bring down the heat this season.
Saroma scallops from Hokkaido offer a subtly sweet flavor, making them easy to pair with various sauces and toppings.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 8, 2025
Japanese mollusks with a tangy lift
Take a cue from Oysters Kilpatrick and add vinegar and bacon bits to your tender Saroma scallops from Hokkaido.
Silversea Cruises' culinary program takes guests on a rich gourmet experience at wellness retreat Zenbo Seinei, where the local produce is presented in an eight-course meal.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 1, 2025
Waves of umami: Awaji Island’s culinary trove
Silver Nova, one of Silversea Cruises’ newest vessels, takes guests on a food excursion on the largest island of the Seto Inland Sea with an immersive gourmet program.
These larger than life meatballs are inspired by the stuffed meatballs found in Iran's Tabriz Bazaar.
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
Feb 23, 2025
Cold with a chance of kimchi meatballs
Warm up with a comforting hot pot of ground meat stuffed with the Korean fermented vegetable.
The Kioke Summit on Shodoshima has seen a steady rise in participants from dozens in its early days 12 years ago and about 100 in 2019 to more than 600 this past February.
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 8, 2024
On Japan’s island of olives, age-old shoyu secrets survive
Each Kioke Summit features many activities including a “kioke” auction — shoyu fermentation barrels that fetch anywhere from ¥60,000 to ¥450,000.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 13, 2022
The Americans going where no miso has gone before
Eleana Hsu and Kevin Gondo don’t just break the rules with their homemade miso and shoyu — they create their own.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 23, 2022
With Hokuriku’s fermented foods, tasting is believing
From sake starter and soy sauce ice cream to fish fermented in a uniquely regional way, these prefectures hold plenty of culinary secrets just begging to be discovered — and devoured.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 6, 2018
Japan Times 1943: New substitute for soy sauce discovered
A delicious sauce, comparable to shu014dyu, made by a process of properly mixed coconut milk sugar and salt has been discovered by a Japanese school teacher in Davao, Philippines.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Sep 3, 2017
It’s all about the convenience
Always in the fast lane? Here are some neat ideas for those who don’t like to fuss around.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / PHOTO ESSAY
Jul 9, 2016
Yuasa: The salty, fermented heart of Japan
Craftsmen from two regional factories — one makes miso; the other, shoyu — ponder the future of their little town and its centuries-old traditions
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Reform panel calls for easing data center building standards
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized that the government will promote reforms of regulations and systems that fit the artificial intelligence era.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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