TOKYO -- A snake cafe in the capital's trendy Harajuku district is spreading the charm of the animals, which are often misunderstood as just scary creatures. Before arrival of the Year of the ...

Shortly after a cafe in Chofu in western Tokyo opened on a recent day at noon, customers occupied all six tables. "Welcome. What would you like to order?" an apron-clad Toshio Morita asked with ...

TOKYO: At a Tokyo cafe, Michio Imai greets a customer, but not in person. He’s hundreds of kilometres away, operating a robot waiter as part of an experiment in inclusive employment. Dawn cafe ...

GO HERE: to pay homage to one of Tokyo’s most venerated coffeehouses. The owner Ichiro Sekiguchi is over 100 years old, but his shop is as relevant and interesting today as it was when it opened ...

Tokyo has a thriving café scene with trendy ... National Stadium or Shibuya Scramble Square. Wakuni Shoten, a new cafe showcasing the work of sheet metal artisans, illustrates his vision for ...

From her home in Hyogo Prefecture she operated a robot that acted as her avatar to serve customers at a cafe in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward from Jan. 16 to 24. Operators of the OriHime-D humanoid robots ...