SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny ... said 52-year-old Suzuki. As Japan’s population falls and interest ...

The comedian and satirist Munya Chawawa, who found social media superstardom on Instagram with his skits and musical parodies ...

The temple head recalled he could not answer a call of nature there out of his deference to Buddhism. “I thought Japan would lose in the war, because bells that should ring out to make people ...

The Golden Route is the quintessential travel itinerary for first-time visitors to Japan. It traditionally includes Tokyo, ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --Firefighters from around eastern Japan have joined in the effort to slow the largest forest fire in Japan in 30 years after it has burned nearly 3,000 acres of forest in the Iwate ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 ...