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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

A growing number of local governments plan to cash in on Japan’s post-pandemic tourist boom by adopting accommodation taxes, ...

Be lord (and lady) of 400-year-old Fukuyama Castle in western Japan by booking a stay in its moon-viewing turret; meals, ...

Archaeologists excavating the site of the former Yamashiro Kokubunji Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, recently uncovered the ...

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