Pig cafes are the latest craze pulling in tourists in Japan. The surprisingly quiet, clean and companionable animals have been bringing a smile to people’s faces at Tokyo’s Mipig Café. “It was ...

The idea of a ‘nighttime crying cafe’, which appeared in an online comic nearly a decade ago, is now gaining real-world ...

Cafes are a great place to have a cup of coffee, talk, and relax. Sofas are nice and all, but the world’s cafes really need to take a lesson from a handful of Japanese cafes: Hammocks. In Japan, there ...

TOKYO – First there were cafés that allowed pets. Then came cat cafés, where lattes took second place to feline interaction. The latest craze in Japan: The pig café. “It was wonderful. Very relaxing ...

Where it began: Manga cafés evolved from kissaten in the late 20th century, blending Japan’s coffeehouse tradition with the country’s booming manga culture. What’s inside: Expect thousands of manga ...

People relax with cats at a "neko cafe" in Tokyo. As Japan introduces stricter rules on animal rights this year, "cat cafes" -- where customers can stroke fluffy felines -- complain it could destroy ...

Japan is familiar with foreign franchises. McDonald’s arrived in 1971 (PDF) and began like many chains as a high-end fad (in Ginza, nonetheless) before becoming a ubiquitous part of local culture. One ...

Since the first cat café opened in Taiwan in the late 1990s, the concept of sipping coffee among cuddly creatures has spread around the world. It has even expanded to welcome puppies and, more ...