KYOTO, Japan >> In Japan, university cafeterias have traditionally served students affordable meals. But due to the sharp rise in food costs, cafeterias have been forced to increase prices. The impact ...

Suehiro Cafe, a historic Japanese restaurant in Little Tokyo, shuttered its doors Jan. 9 after months of eviction threats from landlord Anthony Sperl. Kenji Suzuki’s mother and aunt opened the cafe ...

Shiru Cafe looks like a regular coffee shop. Inside, machines whir, baristas dispense caffeine and customers hammer away on laptops. But all of the customers are students, and there's a reason for ...

The local cafe owner's dog, Latte, is seen curled up in his favorite spot. Before arriving in Japan, I had only lived in the suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area, where I grew up, or my rural college ...