If you cringed at out-of-season produce prices in your own grocery store, you’ll get even bigger sticker shock at high-end fruit stores in Japan. Expensive fruits are a status symbol in the gift ...

Japan. World Expo is held every five years in different global locations. Here are five things to know about this event, which runs until mid-October. - Grand Ring - Encircling dozens of national ...

Growing in popularity in western culture over the past couple of decades, Japan has become an increasingly popular vacation ...

Deliberating on how to pass on memories as he searches for what role he must play as the symbol of modern Japan, the emperor is expected during his travels to not only focus on the survivors but ...

Japan offers many experiences that can never ... The fearsome displays of horsemanship by riders in full samurai gear have become a symbol of the region’s resilience following the 2011 tsunami.

Japan is a wonderland of carefully crafted, beautifully made things. From handpicked stationery at Itoya to artisanal ceramics in Kyoto, you’ll stumble upon items you didn’t know you wanted ...

The gauzy celebration leaned heavily into Japanese fans, cherry blossoms and other tokens of the softer side of the U.S.-Japan relationship ... He kept things similarly light earlier in the ...

But the symbolism behind Japan’s most iconic flower is complex and mutable. As the country underwent internal and external transformation, the cherry blossom’s meaning also evolved.

Japan's high-speed railway network, featuring the iconic Shinkansen, is one of the fastest and most efficient in the world. Travelling at speeds of up to 320 km/h (200 mph), these trains offer a ...

Osaka (Japan) (AFP) – A multi-eyed mascot ... and has a circumference of two kilometres (1.2 miles), is a symbol of unity. Latticed beams hold up a sloping roof, 20 metres (65 feet) tall ...

A multi-eyed mascot, a vast wooden Grand Ring, 160 countries and regions strutting their stuff, and robots and sushi galore: Expo 2025 began on Sunday in Osaka, Japan. World Expo is held every five ...