Japan has experienced its warmest fall since records began more than a century ago, pushing the country’s iconic autumn foliage displays into December. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA ...

And for Rai Sanyo, a Japanese Confucianist scholar of the late Edo Period (1603-1867), it was Nov. 11. In their lifetimes, autumn leaves changed colors in Kyoto much earlier than today.

“Even monkeys fall from trees,” runs an old Japanese proverb. Last week the wiliest arborealist in the Japanese political jungle crashed ingloriously to earth. He was Liberal-Democrat Party ...

A study group aiming to introduce an eco-friendly public transportation system, such as a ropeway, to improve access to the ...