It was in the late spring of 1955 that Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene first traveled to northeastern Japan's Tohoku region to follow the ste･･･ ...

Japan’s sidewalk restaurants, known as “yatai,” have almost entirely disappeared—except in Fukuoka, where they’ve undergone a ...

The Japanese government has released a Minecraft map of the world’s largest underground flood prevention facility. Not only ...

TOKYO – A “pocket park” in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka has been recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world’s smallest, measuring only 0.24 sq m with space for just ...

(Mainichi/Hiroshi Ishikawa) MISHIMA, Shizuoka -- Two breweries in central Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture have joined forces to brew and begin selling a duo of hard-hitting beers with definition ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 5 to 11 mph (8 to 17.7 kph). The overnight low will be 49 °F (9.4 °C). Sunny with a high of 77 °F (25 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 16 mph (8 to 25.7 kph). Sunny ...

As the symbol and pride of Japan, Mt Fuji has naturally inspired numerous attractions around its home in the Yamanashi-Shizuoka region, all designed to offer breathtaking views of this majestic ...

But the journey was not without its setbacks. With no map, they mistook Miyazaki in southeastern Kyushu for Shikoku, Japan’s fourth-biggest island, which is linked by bridges to the country’s ...

Japan has released a report detailing countermeasures ... 60km from the peak – with up to 30cm of ash. Virtually all of Shizuoka prefecture, the cities of Yokohama and Kawasaki as well as ...