Life in Tokyo, whether business or pleasure, revolves around trains and rail stations. Experts say that's no accident.

Hana Kusumoto is a reporter/translator who has been covering local authorities in Japan since 2002. She was born in Nagoya, ...

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

Ahead of a record-breaking travel boom, the capital’s best stays fuse futuristic comforts with artisanal touches—proof that Japanese hospitality is constantly being reimagined.

A hospital in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward opened ... is the second baby hatch to be set up in Japan. The first one, “Konotori no Yurikago” (stork’s cradle), was opened by Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City in ...

Tokyo’s Minato Resource Recycling Center handles many of those ... one in 10 Tokyoites in their 20s were non-Japanese. But in a city so vast, those groups faded quickly, and diversity, whatever ...

Passengers on a subway in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Jiji Press TOKYO, Japan — The most popular hotspot ... are regarded as a global growth center. In contrast, Japan continues to struggle with an ...

(Mainichi/Tsutomu Kobayashi) TOKYO -- East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) on March 27 inaugurated a segment of Takanawa Gateway City ... also includes a convention center that can host international ...

Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation and JFE Holdings say they will begin studies on building a data center for generative artificial intelligence.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, with the first pitch of each game scheduled for 6:10 a.m. ET, the 2025 season begins at the Tokyo Dome. This matchup features a boatload of Japanese stars and is sure to ...

The space, which will serve as the festival’s nerve center through March ... on the symbolic nexus between Tokyo street fashion and haute couture — the city’s restless, shape-shifting ...

Built in 1920, this revered Shinto shrine in Tokyo sees around 3 million visitors every year. Despite this, it's an oasis of calm surrounded by 100,000 trees.