Ruth and Lou Gehrig played at the stadium on a 1934 barnstorming tour. Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami was inspired to ...

Kyoto celebrates the historic Gion Matsuri festival, one of Japan’s most famous and long-running traditions. With origins ...

Japan plans to build an underground bomb shelter on its westernmost island that’s capable of housing up to 200 people.

Being hold from April 13 to October 13, 2025, in Osaka. Under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” the event ...

According to an announcement by the National Tax Agency on Tuesday, land prices rose year-on-year in 35 prefectures, and the national average increased for the fourth consecutive year.

June 30 (UPI) -- Nearly two years after China suspended imports of Japanese seafood in protest over the release of treated ...

The train station closest to my house has a split personality. Exit north and you’ve got an orderly bus lottery, tidy streets ...

Railway stations are the lifeline of the transport system of any countries which works as more than just transit points. When any railways station gets more busy, and witness an extraordinary volume ...

Just a short walk from Tokyo's most bustling streets, discover an underrated, artsy neighborhood with cafes, wine bars, ...

The Shinkansen — Japanese for “new line” — made its impressive debut in October 1964, a few days before the Tokyo Olympics.

Japan's Justice Ministry says a man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo ...

Seiko Hashimoto has been elected president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman to head the body. She ...