A roughly six-meter-tall Evangelion Unit 01 was erected in Hamamatsu, central Japan, on Sunday as part of a local governmen ...

Anime culture is proving to be a major driving force behind Japan’s tourism boom. A growing number of international travelers ...

Temperatures rose nationwide on Saturday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the temperature reached 30 C in ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan -- The town office of Higashiizu, along a peninsula southwest of Tokyo well known for its hot springs, has come up with a novel approach to attracting tourists, unstaffed souvenir ...

A subcommittee of an advisory body to Japan's minister of justice on reviewing the retrial system will include a former judge ...

A magnitude 5 weak earthquake struck the town of Otsuki in Nagano Prefecture on the evening of December 18, causing damage to stone walls and roof tiles in the affected areas. As the first light of ...

For years, cashed-up clubs in Japan have raided Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands for stars. But the numbers of ...

Mt Fuji was designated a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in 2013. It attracts hundreds of thousands of climbers yearly during its official climbing season through September.

A government advisory panel will start discussions Monday to review the country's retrial system for criminal cases in which ...

The cocktails I sampled were the Yamaoroshi (S$25), containing wasabi gin, fresh wasabi, cacao liqueur and cream. This ...

Japanese actress Ryoko Hirosue was released from police custody eight days after she was arrested on suspicion of assaulting ...