The Miyagi prefecture town of Kesennuma is one of Japan’s biggest fishing ports, making its seafood market a must-visit.

Spring in Japan is a magical time, with cherry blossoms (sakura) painting the country in shades of pink and white. This ...

Part of the appeal of the 19th-century woodblock prints known as ukiyo-e (“floating world pictures”) is that their subject ...

Gemini was a little more robotic than ChatGPT, but still impressively natural compared to AI voice assistants from just a few ...

Growing up in countercultural California, ‘enlightenment’ had real glamour. But decades of practice have changed my mind ...

Kōtoku-in, selected by Travel + Leisure as one of Japan’s most stunning temples, is one of the biggest tourist draws in town, thanks to its 36-foot-tall bronze statue of Amitābha Buddha from the 13th ...

Create a custom instant ramen and dive into the history of Japan’s most iconic dish at the Cup Noodles Museum. Bask in sweeping Mount Fuji views after being whisked up 69 stories at Landmark Tower, ...

Japan is on track to achieve its target of boosting defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product in the next two years, bu ...

It prompted authorities to temporarily block a popular view of Mount Fuji from a convenience store due to a surge in residents’ complaints of overcrowding, and a hot spring resort area to warn against ...

And that has provoked renewed calls for anyone who needs to be rescued to cover the costs. In April, a Chinese university student who was rescued from Mount Fuji twice within four days - with his ...