The full course, costing 3,000 yen ($27), consisted of insect ramen, a bowl of rice with crickets, spring rolls with fried worms, and ice cream flavored with insect powder.

Eating insects is far from a booming trend in Japan, but recently the country has seen an uptick in insect food products, such as ramen with 100 crickets. Earlier this year, that translated into ...

Gryllus was established in 2019 with the ambitious goal of raising crickets on an industrial scale. The company initially found success in 2022 when Zipair, a budget airline under Japan Airlines ...

The renowned French entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre (1823–1915) holds a special place in the hearts of generations of insect-loving Japanese. The translation of his 10-volume Souvenirs ...