a Japan travel specialist with Savor & Soak Travel Co., recommends heading to Japan a bit earlier and visiting the southern island of Kyushu. “This region is also known for its amazing hot ...

Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s new prime minister after winning his party’s leadership contest on Friday, following a crowded race that ended in a runoff vote.

Women accounted for about 60% of those hospitalized in Japan due to attempted suicide and self-harm from December 2022 to December 2023, a report from the Japanese Society for Emergency Medicine ...

The downpour drenched the Noto Peninsula on Saturday, triggering landslides and washing away people and homes, Japan’s national broadcaster said. By Yan Zhuang and Miharu Nishiyama Six people ...

The government will consider requiring more elderly people to bear 30% of their medical costs in an outline of measures to deal with the aging population adopted Friday. Under the current public ...

Japan, a nation so hardworking its language has a term for literally ... colleagues — during the Bon holidays in the summer and around New Year’s — so co-workers can't accuse them of being neglectful ...

Travel in Japan can be complicated, but careful trip planning reaps huge rewards. Here is what to know before visiting. In the streets of Japan's most renowned entertainment district, Kabukichō ...

Seven people have died after heavy rain triggered landslides and floods in Japan, according to reports. The conditions in the Ishikawa prefecture also left seven people missing as waters engulfed ...

By Patricia Cohen and River Akira Davis Patricia Cohen reported from London, and River Akira Davis from Tokyo and Chitose, Japan. Sept. 6, 2024 China’s envy-inducing success in using industrial ...

Japan says a Chinese Navy survey ship sailed into its territorial waters on Saturday. The incident comes just days after a Chinese military spy plane flew into Japanese airspace. China asserted ...

Japan scrambled fighter jets after Russian aircraft flew around the archipelago for the first time in five years, Tokyo said Friday. From Thursday morning to afternoon, the Russian Tu-142 aircraft ...

The nation’s fleet of 54 reactors were shut down following the triple meltdown at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and ...