A funeral home in Japan introduced a ‘coffin cafe’ where visitors reflected on life and death by lying in uniquely designed ...

NAGASAKI--An imposing late 19th century building here that once served as an orphanage is undergoing extensive refurbishment ahead of its opening as a hotel in December.

Kajiya Honten, a 120-year-old funeral home in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, recently unveiled an innovative concept, allowing ...

A series of farewell rites and events has begun for Japan's Princess Mikasa, who passed away on Friday. She was the widow of ...

Dubbed the “Venice of the East” on social media and elsewhere, the city is not in danger of sinking but is working to ...

Coffin cafe’ innovation sees young people flock to funeral home to lie down in open caskets, take photographs, come to terms with death.

The Meiji Restoration of 1868 ended the Bakufu period. A bad economy and the 1853 visit by Commodore Perry’s “Black Ships,” ...

American tourist Steve Hayes was arrested on Wednesday ‘on suspicion of damaging property’ at the Meiji Jingu shrine ...

This experience, priced at 2,200 yen (approx 1,232), has attracted a variety of customers, including couples who even take ...

The Thomas Balch Library on Tuesday displayed a new art collection called “Echoes of the East: Selections from the Asian Art Collection of Morven Park.” ...

Now that summer has loosened its torrid grip, a trip to this outdoor museum in the western Tokyo suburbs is a perfect way to ...

Okitama breezes his way through them all, while Amano struggles to keep up and frequently stumbles over her scepticism and ...