With Japan preparing to restart a nuclear reactor, the world's largest, in the coastal prefecture of Niigata, a Newsweek map ...

A series of earthquakes, with a maximum magnitude of 6.2, struck western Japan on Tuesday, January 6, with the epicenters located in eastern Shimane Prefecture. Authorities state there is no threat of ...

This year's cherry blossom forecast calls for an earlier bloom in the North due to above-average temperatures in the spring.

As overtourism strains Japan’s major cities, Gifu Prefecture offers travelers a slower, more intimate way to experience the country’s culture.

Central Japan's Yamanashi prefecture has ordered the evacuation of nearly 150 residents following the outbreak of a forest ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 was recorded in southwestern Japan, there is no threat of a tsunami. This was announced on ...

As overtourism strains Japan’s major cities, Gifu Prefecture offers travelers a slower, more intimate way to experience the country’s culture.

Using data from the Japan Meteorological Agency, The Yomiuri Shimbun analysed the daily lowest temperatures between January 1 ...

Photographers stroll around the area, play with their smartphones and do other things to waste time until the magical moment ...

Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. They called him “Show-Killer Kume.” When ...

Japan has always been a hot spot, come winter, spring or summer. Tours to the country, though aplenty, mostly cover the ...

Where tourists map end and the the fences begin, lie places that aren't marketed, photographed, or casually stumbled into, ...