For years, the delineation was roughly Haneda for domestic flights, Narita for international. But Haneda is only 20 kilometres from central Tokyo, compared with Narita’s 60 kilometres. Travellers can ...

Narcissus flowers are in full bloom in the town of Kyonan, Chiba Prefecture. Festivals are being held through February 1 ...

Very sorry that my opponent died’ - Duels are prohibited in Japan and offenders can be punished with prison terms of up to ...

Japan's Gifu Prefecture offers a quieter travel experience away from the overtourism of major cities like Tokyo and Kyoto. Located two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Gifu is known for its charming ...

The snowy capital of the island of Hokkaido offers a quieter alternative to Japan’s congested “Golden Route” of Tokyo, Osaka ...

Music played in a wedding hall in western Japan as Yurina Noguchi, wearing a white gown and tiara, dabbed away tears, taking in the words of her husband-to-be: an AI-generated persona gazing out from ...

TOKYO - The Japanese government is considering charging visiting foreigners a fee of about 2,000 yen (S$16.50) to 3,000 yen for a planned online pre-travel screening system called JESTA, a source ...

IGA, Mie -- The mayor of this west Japan city has expressed his opposition to the Mie Prefectural Government's move to consider reinstating a nationality requirement for prefectural employees. Mayor ...

The ride-hailing giant’s chief executive has made a bet on how it can finally grab a bigger piece of one of the world’s largest taxi markets.

It’s hard to think of vaccination without associating it with a sharp jab in the arm. But there are other, more gentle ways of activating the immune system, such as administering vaccines via the nose ...

Mie Prefecture is considering reinstating a rule requiring its employees to hold Japanese nationality to prevent leakage of sensitive information, prefectural officials said Wednesday. The prefectural ...