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 ...

Police in Seika, Kyoto Prefecture, on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old Swiss man who was wielding a knife on a train station platform. According to police, an employee at JR Hosono Station called 110 at ...

The incident caused cancellations and delays on the Gakkentoshi Line, affecting about 150 passengers. Read more at ...

Heart-shaped ice sculptures were among the Valentine's Day gifts presented to a giant panda in Japan. Fuhin, a four-year-old female, lives at a zoo in the western Japanese town of Shirahama, Wakayama ...

The latest announcement is out from TESS Holdings Co., Ltd. ( ($JP:5074) ). TESS Holdings Co., Ltd. reported a significant ...

A city in Hiroshima Prefecture has begun offering overnight stays at Fukuyama Castle, a site dating back 400 years, as ...

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

Former Hanshin Tigers manager Yoshio Yoshida died Monday of a stroke, the baseball club said Tuesday. He was 91.

Destination dupes are popping up around the world as travellers for alternatives to traditional hotspots or to find road less ...

Filipinos may be familiar with Hakone as a sardines brand, but this town in Japan is a lesser-known tourist destination close ...

The main building of Inazawa City Hall in central Japan's Aichi Prefecture is topped with a large roof supported by columns ...