One of the most touching tributes to the victims lost in the Kyoto Animation incident is a statue in Japan’s Kyoto Prefecture. Staning ten feet tall, the statue itself consists of thirty-six birds to ...

Escape the crowds and visit 3 of Japan’s lesser-known treasures: Taketomi Island’s beaches, Yamaguchi’s history and Nasu’s ...

The number of births in Japan in 2024 is set to fall below 700,000 for the first time after government data showed Friday ...

Click here to check out the stories of Japanese regions that have put much effort into sustainable tourism developments and ...

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

New Year's revelers tried to grab a fistful of fortune for 2025 at a western Japan temple's annual "fukutabae" event on Jan.

Ibaraki Prefecture relinquished its “least attractive” title among Japan’s 47 prefectures following ... the 14th consecutive year, followed by Kyoto and Okinawa prefectures.

Daimler truck subsidiary Fuso and charging specialist Connexx Systems are launching a demonstration phase in February to ...

Police have arrested a man for kicking a rabbit, which later died, as a probe continues over the deaths of more than 70 ...

Across Kyoto Prefecture, officials are racking their ... a flea market app that is popular in Japan. The ultra-low and low temperature freezers were worth several hundreds of thousands of ...

Sunny with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C) and a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds NNW at 9 to 14 mph (14.5 to 22.5 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 3 to 10 mph (4.8 to 16.1 kph). The ...