Japan's fast-food chain Sukiya will shut nearly all of its roughly 2,000 stores nationwide for four days from Monday ...

Built in 1920, this revered Shinto shrine in Tokyo sees around 3 million visitors every year. Despite this, it's an oasis of ...

Ginza Line terminus in Shibuya: In beautiful yellow carriages. As there is centralized planning of rail lines in Japan, Tokyo Metro cannot simply decide to build new lines without this being ...

It is a problem most skiers and snowboarders would pay to have. Japan, long revered as a powder Mecca, has faced a chilling reality in recent years: warming winters, diminished snowfall ...

TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - Japan's economy expanded in the October-December quarter at a slower pace than initially reported, weighed by weaker consumption but still likely supporting the case ...

Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan ...

During that operation, US authorities seized a big cache of drugs and weapons, including 391 kilograms of methamphetamine, 109 kilograms of cocaine, and four firearms from multiple residences and ...

Manga and anime creators love to use real-life locations as inspiration, and fans can actually visit these iconic anime locations in real life.

TOEIC is also business English, so there are many questions like reading short e-mails.” Perhaps surprisingly Shibuya never studied outside of Japan. “Since I never studied abroad, I thought it would ...

The Milwaukee Bucks had their four-game winning streak snapped as the Orlando Magic reversed its recent bad fortune with a nearly wire-to-wire 111-109 victory Saturday night at Fiserv Forum.

Known as the birthplace of Japan’s kawaii pop culture, this vibrant area brims with diverse shops, cementing its status as a trendsetting Tokyo hotspot. From here, iconic spots like Meiji Jingu shrine ...

From there, the entertainment districts of Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Ikebukuro are all less than 10 minutes away, and even Haneda Airport is within an hour’s ride, making this a viable spot to stay even ...