If miso soup and sushi are all that come to mind when you think of Japanese cuisine, it’s time to step away from the takeout California rolls and pick up a santoku bocho (all-purpose Japanese knife).

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Chinese authorities fined the head of a pickled cabbage factory in China 2 billion won after a video showing a worker smoking and spitting went viral and sparked a hygiene controversy. According to ...