Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. You feel a little guilty and upset that you paid $18 for it. But you also feel ...

Yukie Segnini founded Yukiya Bakery in 2022, a year after she and her husband moved to Cary from Germany. In her dining room, she holds up a loaf of Japanese milk bread, also known as shokupan. Almost ...

When high-end Japanese shokupan (milk bread) bakery Ginza Nishikawa opened its first U.S. location in a Los Angeles ghost kitchen this past July, the $18 loaves sold out almost immediately, every day, ...