The technical capabilities of Japan's DAICHI satellites enable a number of relief operations, in any kind of weather.

Ken Endo returned to Japan in 2012 after researching robotic prosthetics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He now aims to help a Paralympic sprinter shatter the Olympic speed record.

A Matsumoto bento maker teams up with students and the local agricultural co-op to create a castle town feast.

With more than 30,000 species of spider in the world—and a single spider using more than seven different kinds of silk—it became nearly impossible for Spiber researchers to define what constituted spider silk at all.

Highlighting Japan spoke with the commissioner of the newly-formed agency about the development of sports policy in Japan.

The October 2015 issue of Highlighting Japan examines the history and evolution of sports in Japan, running the gamut from Paralympians and FIFA soccer referees to sumo wrestlers and modern practitioners of ninjutsu.

Masaharu Maeda, a professor of rehabilitation studies, believes bathing culture is one of the secrets to Japanese longevity.

Tyler Lynch met his future wife on a trip to a hot spring inn. They were living in Seattle when fate intervened.