Escape Japan's more popular tourist hubs and head to a less-visited, mountainous region with festivals and delicious food offerings throughout the year.

Britain’s Heathrow Airport has closed for the full day Friday after an electrical substation fire knocked out its power, ...

Thirty years on from the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo’s subway network, survivors and families who lost loved ones ...

The worst terrorist attack in Japan's modern history happened 30 years ago, on March 20, 1995, during the morning rush hour ...

On March 20, 1995, 12 people were killed, and more than 5,000 made ill in a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. A ...

The route serves the northern and eastern parts of the Tokyo metropolitan area, linking Ōmiya in Saitama prefecture with ...

Tokyo is a shopper's paradise, where you can get everything from stationery and trendy homewares to designer vintage and discount goods. But why not take your retail therapy one step further by ...

MESA, Ariz. -- The Cubs’ preparation for the upcoming Tokyo Series began before the players were required to show up for Spring Training. Pitchers began ramping up earlier than usual, understanding ...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, who have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly ten months, may finally return to Earth on March 16, according to ...

Direct service is suspended from Tokyo Station for Akita and Yamagata Shinkansen trains ... The move comes after an incident in which cars on a Tohoku Shinkansen train disconnected on Thursday. A ...