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Two vastly different restaurants—one, Niwa Japanese BBQ, the other Abacus—are teaming up to offer an expensive variety of Japanese wagyu and serve it in their own ways. When I learned of the small ...

HAEBARU TOWN, Okinawa — A 6-year-old Japanese girl stood with her back to Defense Department students gathered Thursday to learn about the Japanese abacus, or soroban, at the Tsukazan Community Center ...

Under fire for easing standards and creating a generation of educational slackers, some Japanese schools are finding a new use for a tool from the days of the samurai. The abacus is making a comeback.

A Sydney-based Japanese mum worked over her plan of opening a school during her pregnancy. When her child turned one, Akiko decided to make a move. A Sydney-based Japanese abacus teacher Akiko (left) ...

TOKYO -- An app developed in Japan for people to learn the abacus-method of math calculation skills is gaining global popularity, with more than 8,000 students at home and abroad using the app to ...

KYOTO >> The caller read out the numbers at a speed evoking an auctioneer on fast-­forward, each multidigit figure blurring into the next. Within seconds, Daiki Kamino’s right arm shot up in the air, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Nearly two decades ago, Miwako Sakabayashi opened the doors to her Portland-area Japanese Abacus Math School. Today, Sensei Miwako continues to teach local kids how to tackle math ...

Parents in Japan who are having their children start early on learning the abacus hope that it will improve both calculation and concentration. A survey conducted by the abacus education organization ...