While the word "lantern" may evoke images of red lanterns drifting skyward, like those in Taiwan's Shifen, the lanterns found at the Taoyuan festival more closely resemble the massive floats of Nebuta ...

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)--While 80 years have passed since the end of organized fighting on Ioto, widely known as Iwo ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ...

Japan is home to 27,000 hot springs sources, but overtourism has reduced some of the country’s onsen water supply to a record ...

Masaki Kashiwara received the honor, often regarded as the Nobel Prize in mathematics, for work that combined different mathematical fields to solve challenging problems.

Fourteen workers of Starbucks Coffee Japan in Aomori Prefecture recently tried their hand at pruning apple tree branches at a ...

The founding chef of Miyake and Pai Men Miyake plans to open a new Japanese restaurant and adjacent food-based market in West Bayside this fall. Masahiko Miyake aims to launch his new restaurant ...

Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blaze in ...

An onsen gastronomy trek in rural Japan is a triple indulgence in hot springs, local delicacies and scenic walks. Read more ...

Escape Japan's more popular tourist hubs and head to a less-visited, mountainous region with festivals and delicious food ...

With the arrival of spring, towards the end of March, the Japan Celebrate theHanami tinge of pink thanks to the ...

Discover five lesser-visited regions in a top-trending destination – they have the necessary tourist infrastructure, are ...