Everyone goes to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Why not try spots like the bustling port of Yokohama or the serene monasteries of ...

This experimental event, planned by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) and its related organizations, aims to highlight ...

TOKYO – It is late morning and steam is ... which specialises in the stories of former and active red-light districts in Japan. “Of course, there are many complicated issues here.

The organizers of the Chiyoda Sakura Festival have announced that this year’s cherry blossom light-up will start on March 28 and continue until April 8, straddling the projected full-bloom date for ...

Yoshiwara prospered in that location until the end of Japan’s Edo period in 1868, but it went into decline as the country modernized and when sex work was outlawed in 1958. Beniko’s photographs, taken ...

It's late morning and steam is rising from water tanks atop the colourful but opaque-windowed "soapland" sex parlours in a historic Tokyo red ... active red-light districts in Japan.

While the word "lantern" may evoke images of red lanterns drifting skyward, like those in Taiwan's Shifen, the lanterns found at the Taoyuan festival more closely resemble the massive floats of Nebuta ...

In contrast, today the same point is marked by two plain pillars, and the brothels of the area in eastern Tokyo are often ... former and active red-light districts in Japan.

For Japan and South Korea, tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump represent a blow to domestic car industries that ...