I’ve been packing school lunches for 10 years, since my daughter started kindergarten. Early on, I found an online community of bloggers who wrote about how to create bento — the name for a ...

TOKYO (AP) — Onigiri is a ball of rice with something inside, similar to how two slices of bread with something in between makes a sandwich. In the same way that just about every American has made and ...

This video shows how to make no-fail salmon onigiri with seasoned salmon and fluffy Japanese rice. The salmon is lightly ...

When you bite into a mentaiko onigiri (明太子おにぎり), you’ll see why this simple rice ball has become so popular in Japan. The pop and gentle heat of mentaiko (cod roe pickled in chili peppers) takes ...

Founder Koji Kanematsu says his goal is “to bring onigiri into the mainstream as a better, healthier, and more convenient ...

With the Japanese Yen at an all-time low and increased inflation numbers pinching pocketbooks, Japanese companies have been eager for any form of reprieve. A recent upswing in rice export prices has ...

TOKYO — The word “onigiri” became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this year, proof that the humble sticky-rice ball and mainstay of Japanese food has entered the global lexicon. The rice balls ...

Miki Yamada prepares onigiri rice balls for her catering business at home in Tokyo - Copyright AFP Richard A. Brooks Miki Yamada prepares onigiri rice balls for her ...