Japan in spring is famous for its cherry blossoms, or sakura, which begin flowering in the southern region of Kyushu and ...

OSAKA—Osaka’s cherry blossom season officially started on March 19, tying the earliest record for the flowers set in 2021, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The agency’s Osaka ...

A woman who was given only two weeks to live by her doctor managed to fulfill her dreams before she passed away this summer ...

While Japan’s two most spectacular seasonal attractions ... to the one-of-a-kind Obara Shikizakura Four-Season Cherry Blossom Festival, where pink sakura bloom in autumn, just as the ...

Nintendo's first-ever museum in Kyoto, Japan, will house vintage video games, a shoot-em-up with Super Mario characters, and ...

Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto previously revealed that Sakura was his one big regret because he never got to reveal more ...

Japan's four-day workweek initiative isn't taking off as much as the government wants it to. Launched in 2021, the initiative aims to reduce overwork and address labor shortages. At Panasonic ...

Similar fights over memorials to the 'comfort women' have played out elsewhere, including Southern California. But the ...

In 2021, it tried to acquire the French ... goods available only during the fleeting cherry-blossom season. A typical convenience store in Japan offers about 3,000 products, 70 percent of which ...

Leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States are taking new security steps in the Indian Ocean as outgoing U.S.

“The latest I would leave [the office] would be 11 p.m.,” said the 24-year-old, who used to work for some of Japan’s largest telecoms and e-payment companies. So intense were the demands ...

The official noted that the Quad met at foreign minister level under the previous administration of Donald Trump, who is ...