A 7-year-old girl drowned after she fell into a river and drowned in Kai City, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Sunday. Police said the girl, Yuzuki Fujiki, was walking her dog with three friends along the ...

From seaside towns in Kyoto and Okayama to ancient houses in Gifu, explore the timeless beauty of these Japanese villages.

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, will launch a pilot service to let pet dogs have fun riding Shinkansen bullet trains ...

Shinkansen cars will be chartered to allow passengers to release their dogs from cages and move around inside the cars with ...

An annual record of over 33 million inbound foreigners visited Japan between January and November 2024 amid a tourism boom ...

The Quadrantids meteor shower, one of the three major meteor showers, was at its best from shortly before dawn on Saturday ...

Yamanashi Prefecture, which lies just west of Tokyo, typically reports two to four bear attack victims a year. Fumiaki Iwase, head of the advanced emergency medical service center of the Yamanashi ...

Visit Japan during this time of year to see the country's cherry blossoms emerge from their winter slumber and bathe the ...

Nagano Prefecture is the second largest producer of grapes in terms of yield, after Yamanashi Prefecture. As the price for the Kyoho decreased as it declined in popularity, alarmed agricultural ...

There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits ...

Night - Clear. Winds from WSW to SW. The overnight low will be 27 °F (-2.8 °C). Sunny with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C). Winds variable. Sunny today with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C) and a low of ...