A Shinto priest from Austria talks about the origins of his spiritual journey and how he spends his days at a 355-year-old ...

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

US President Donald Trump is in Japan today (October 27), where he will meet Emperor Naruhito. This is the first meeting ...

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

UNLEASH your potential with Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu (TSKSR), a continuous, 600-year-old Japanese martial tradition that is preserved in a thriving and growing community in Manila. The school ...

Kyoto will implement a new tiered accommodation tax starting March 1, 2026, to address over-tourism and heritage conservation ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

Washington — Much of the federal government shut down Wednesday, October 1, after Congress failed to reach a deal to approve new funding. Republicans had proposed extending government funding at ...

The man accused of shooting dead former Japanese prime minister Shinto Abe has pleaded guilty on the opening day of his trial. Tetsuya Yamagami's trial in Tokyo is expected to run until next January, ...

The October 2025 hunter's moon will rise as a big and bright supermoon tonight and will shine for three days. Here's when and what time to watch the special full moon. In any typical year, the ...

But with a little luck and some forward planning, you can do exactly that—as I did at the birthplace of Japanese whisky: ...