Photo / 123RF It’s the first day of our Walk Japan experience on the southern island of Kyushu, but the trip has already gone to Hell, writes Brett Atkinson. High above the coastal city of Beppu ...

You sit at the long counter with a view ... city’s tallest building — the right-eye flounder arrives toward the end of the nine-course French dinner. The pillowy fish, covered with Japanese ...

Channel your inner samurai and visit these remarkable castles in Japan, from Osaka to Nagasaki and right across the land.

KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture has been identified to be a previously unclassified genus and species of pterosaur ...

Takeshi Hasuda, the head of Jikei Hospital, said at a news conference on Jan. 4 that the woman who lives in western Japan first consulted ... “We want not only Kumamoto city but also the central ...

UTO, Kumamoto Prefecture--A high school science ... that can be glimpsed in the Yatsushiro Sea and nowhere else in Japan. Members of the Earth Science Group at the Kumamoto prefectural Uto High ...

The Higo Medical Education Museum showcases the deep-rooted tradition of medical education in Kumamoto, highlighting the legacy of world-renowned bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato, whose portrait ...

Sunny with a high of 74 °F (23.3 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 49 °F (9.4 °C ...

From visiting a rural onsen to losing yourself in under the neon lights of an arcade, these are the best experiences in Japan ...