Just over a 2.5 hour bullet train ride west of Tokyo, the city of Hakusan in Ishikawa Prefecture is home to Mount Hakusan, ...

Japan’s demanding work culture is back in the spotlight as fresh stories highlight the pressures faced by workers—from a ...

Nicknamed Jeans Station (the label is on the signage), Kojima Station also uses other means to reinforce that you are in the ...

Tourism to the Japan has skyrocketed in recent years: A record 2.8 million international visitors descended in March 2019, putting the country well on track to meet its 2020 Olympic tourism goals. To ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ryuichi Ichinokawa’s life could be right out of the movie “Rental Family” as the founder nearly two decades ago ...

From a behind the scenes snack bar tour to securing reservations at the hottest pizza omakase restaurant in Tokyo, here are ...

Find relief from the city crowds and the wilting heat of a Japanese summer in the Hida Mountains and the spectacular ...

China will suspend its import on Japanese seafood products atter a diplomatic spat brought on by recent comments by Japan's ...

It’s been a particularly odd year for weather in Japan, with the heat lingering until just a few days ago, when the temperatures fell dramatically to winter-like levels. As it feels like we’re ...

Elon Musk forced his own staff to turn over their personal data to train a NSFW chatbot that now offers perennially lonely users a racy girlfriend experience without any of the inconvenient trappings ...

Few people know about Japan’s 88 Temple Pilgrimage, but this centuries-old Japanese journey blends spiritual practice, ...

I feel myself choke as the train whizzes along the eastern coast of Japan, dramatic rock formations jutting out of the ...