Grace Cheng, a 22-year-old travel blogger based in the US, has visited Japan 11 times. Cheng has a soft spot for cultural activities and authentic Japanese cuisine. While Cheng says Tokyo is a ...

Visitors often arrive in Japan with big expectations and just a bit of uncertainty. The country’s cities are dynamic and dense, with fast-moving transport systems and cultural details that can be ...

Japan is not typically considered a winter tropical escape. The most familiar images of Japan in winter include the thatched-roof houses of Shirakawago, blanketed in snow, and the snow-dusted monkeys ...

Japan is one of the world’s largest economies and a key destination and source country for foreign direct investment. Its cities each have their own industrial strengths, and in order – from the ...

Tourism has long fueled Kyoto's — and Japan's — economy, but the city now faces the growing pains of popularity. Today, this wildly popular Japanese city has been dubbed one of the world's "most ...

Several Japanese cities are increasing the “bathing tax” for overnight visitors to onsen (hot spring) resorts, in an attempt to deal with rising tourism. This tax has been raised in regions including ...

Among all the landmarks of history, from Wittenberg or Waterloo to Lexington or West Berlin, none have burned more deeply into 20th century consciences than Hiroshima. With every U.S. or Soviet ...

A youth delegation from the Idaho Falls-Tokai Mura Sister Cities program recently visited Japan in its first official trip in five years after pausing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The group of eight ...

A delegation of 10 Japanese leaders and citizens from Tokai-mura, Japan, was welcomed in Idaho Falls for a weeklong exchange commemorating the 42-year Sister Cities bond between the two municipalities ...

Videos circulating online show protesters gathering across Japan on Sunday to oppose what they view as as overly lenient immigration policies. The demonstrations came less than a week after ...

Of 52 major cities polled, 23% banned photography at polling stations, while 60% asked voters to refrain from taking photos ...