As Japan's capital prepares to usher in cherry blossom season, companies and local governments are taking steps to ensure ...

President Barack Obama is in Hiroshima, Japan Friday, the first sitting president to visit the site of the first wartime use of an atomic weapon. Speaking at the city's Peace Memorial Park ...

HIROSHIMA--When the tram started running again here only three days after the U.S. atomic bombing, 14-year-old Satoko Sasaguchi served as the conductor for the somber ride amid the devastated ...

In the hold was an experimental bomb, codenamed Little Boy. The target: Hiroshima. In Hiroshima the air raid sirens had sounded twice that morning already. On both occasions the all clear followed ...

Cherry blossoms, beautifully intricate kimonos and people serenely paddling across a river -- a new video paints an idyllic picture of how life was like in Hiroshima, before the city was destroyed ...

Japan approved Friday the introduction of accommodation taxes in nine cities and two prefectures from this fall, with more local governments moving to impose such duties amid a post-pandemic tourism ...

One of the reasons for the boom lies in okonomiyaki’s versatility ... It is so much more than that. OKOSTA in Hiroshima, a facility where visitors can experience cooking okonomiyaki on a ...

A city in Hiroshima Prefecture has begun offering overnight stays at Fukuyama Castle, a site dating back 400 years, as regional economies seek ways to attract wealthy visitors amid the country's ...

Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiichiro Murakami approved the introduction of the tax in Miyagi and Hiroshima prefectures, as well as five cities in Hokkaido, two in Gifu Prefecture ...