Chicago Japanese Restaurants

Restaurant review: Uraku Japanese Restaurant ****BOWLING GREEN — Hidden in a strip mall behind a gas station, close to the interstate and far from Bowling Green's charming pedestrian-friendly streets is Uraku. No one seems to know anything about this place, and that may explain its apparent emptiness. Which is a shame, because it offers excellent sushi at astonishing low prices. Red lanterns, light wood, and a back-wall sushi bar lend the ...Comments (0)

The Deadliest Catch: A Proposed Trade Ban Could Take Bluefin Tuna off the MenuThis January a 511-pound monster of a bluefin tuna sold at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market for $175,000--by far the highest price paid for a fish in nine years. By that afternoon, customers at Kyubey, a Michelin-starred restaurant a stone’s throw from the market, were dining on the tuna’s fatty belly, or toro , the most opulent and rich cut from the most valuable fish in the world. Japanese diners ...Comments (0)

Ukraine's leading English-language newspaper since 1995Japanese and Ukrainian students participate in a master class on making Japanese traditional sweets in connection with the Mar. 3 Dolls Festival (Girls Day) in the Ukraine-Japan Center in Kyiv’s Polytechnic University.Comments (0)

Chicago man reportedly attacked with sword in DavenportDAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Police say a Chicago man was seriously injured when he was attacked with a sword outside a Davenport, Iowa, tavern.Comments (0)

Justices debate Chicago handgun banChicago's 28-year-old strict ban on handgun ownership appeared in trouble Tuesday at the U.S. Supreme Court in a potentially far-reaching case over the ability of state and local governments to enforce limits on weapons.Comments (0)