TOKYO >> On an island off the coast of Nagasaki, ruins that seem on the verge of collapse stand clustered behind a high ...

Hisashi Fujioka, a renowned scientist, malaria researcher, and electron microscopist affiliated with Case Western Reserve University (OH, USA), passed away on Jan 23, 2025, aged 75 years.

Japan is home to 27,000 hot springs sources, but overtourism has reduced some of the country’s onsen water supply to a record ...

Japan activated its Japan Self-Defense Force Joint Operations Command (JJOC) Monday, allowing its military to better conduct ...

Hashima Island in the Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, was once a thriving arm of the country's industrial revolution - but ...

Four survivors of Japan’s “hostage justice” filed a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on March 24, contending that the Code ...

The new 4,000 yen fee (USD $27) is double the amount of the original "tourist tax" that was instituted in 2024.

Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate ...

Prospective hikers to the Japanese tourist site will have to take a class about hiking safety and local rules.

The bar was mostly empty, but Aaliyah was playing, so I passed the bartender some yen, and after he mixed my drink he ...

A new model of ownership is allowing middle-class families and wealthy vacationers alike to buy a piece of alluring ...

In “The Power of Nuclear,” Dutch journalist Marco Visscher takes aim at fears and misconceptions about atomic energy.