The best places to stay, eat, shop and visit across the country, according to Japanese artists, designers and chefs.

Vivid tree peonies are at their best at Mobara tree peony garden in the city of Mobara, Chiba Prefecture. The site is ...

Apple violated a U.S. court order that required the iPhone maker to allow greater competition for app downloads and payment ...

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...

The pair of Japanese horses entered in the Kentucky Derby turned in their final work on the Churchill Downs dirt track on ...

CHIBA, Japan (AP) — The Force was with many Japanese, as well as visitors from abroad, at a “Star Wars” event on Friday where ...

The Force was with many Japanese, as well as visitors from abroad, at a “Star Wars” event where Lucasfilm announced that the ...

A Star Wars supporter poses for a photo during a fan convention called the Star Wars Celebration Japan in Chiba, near Tokyo, ...

The Chiba prefectural government started the job fair program in fiscal 2024 after learning about small and midsize businesses in the prefecture that wanted to hire non-Japanese because of labor ...

Clam digging started on April 17 at Funabashi Sanbanze Seaside Park in the city of Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture, a site ...

In Chiba, a quiet revival is taking shape, where creatives are reimagining Japan’s forgotten kominka — traditional folk homes — inviting people to slow down, reconnect with the land and question what ...