The ancient Kanayama Megaliths are extraordinary in their complexity. Across three sites, the solar observatories accurately measure not only solstices and equinoxes but also leap years. But they ...

But beyond that, her own life story could be fit for a novel, springing from her training as a dancer to working as a modeling school teacher, a probation officer, a police psychologist and now ...

A snow-packed section that stretches about 37 kilometres was previously closed but traffic resumed on Tuesday for the first time in about four-and-half months. A giant snow corridor has been ...

Nomura is now seeking a new chief executive officer for the securities business as Japan’s biggest brokerage plans to focus on asset management and research, and will invest further in its sales and ...

“It’s nice that we can enjoy a top-down view of cherry blossoms here, rather than looking up at them,” said a 73-year-old man from Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture ... Parts Imports Bank of Japan Gov.

As a matter of fact, at a new cafe in the city of Yokohama, not only do you not have to leave right away, you’re technically not allowed to leave until you’ve solved a mystery. Hatena Coffee, whose on ...

Cold winds from Siberia pick up moisture in the Sea of Japan, before colliding with the cold mountains of Hokkaido, leading to generous dumpings of the white stuff. It's so distinctive it even has ...

But I’ll leave those questions to the news outlets: I’m a travel editor with Live Japan. I was awed by the experience ... The upper area, known as “Play Mountain” (yes, the pavilion itself is ...

TOKYO: Japan will cooperate with the Group of Seven advanced economies and the International Monetary Fund to help stablise a market rout unleashed by United States tariffs, the country's top ...

But the president has offered shifting definitions of what he would like instead in any final deal as negotiations commence with Japan and South Korea. Other countries are promised to soon follow.

We're all aware of the story of Atlantis, the mythical sunken island mentioned in ancient Greek literature, but are you aware that Japan has its very own 'sunken empire'. Situated at the southwestern ...