A popular anime has inspired a young man to move here where the show is set and become active in the community around a local ...

The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic ...

Approximately 3 hours from Tokyo via Nagoya, Gifu is accessible by bullet train and local train. Gifu Prefecture is in the ...

Mino City Council President Ikuo Yamaguchi, left, said he hopes to deepen the exchange of arts and culture between the two ...

In a district of Toyama, 16cm was recorded while 12cm was observed in Tomakomai on Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido. The ...

Heavy snowfall continued Wednesday along the Sea of Japan coast as the season's strongest cold front disrupted rail services ...

The weather agency warned of blizzards, high waves and hazardous road conditions through the weekend, urging residents to ...

Japan was the top cross-border destination for Chinese tourists during the eight-day Lunar New Year holiday through Feb. 4, ...

In the 24 hours to 11 a.m. on Feb. 6, 65 cm of snow landed in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, 55 cm in Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture, and 54 cm in Akaigawa, Hokkaido. Kagoshima on the main island ...

An inflow of the coldest air mass this season has intensified snowfalls mainly in areas along the Sea of Japan coast. Snow is even falling in flatlands around Japan's central to western regions, where ...