To make reservations to enter the Yoshida Trail on the Yamanashi side of the mountain, climbers are required to pay an ...

One Napa Valley winery is making a rare style of Japanese wine: Koshu. Or, rather, it’s rare outside of Japan. In its home country, Koshu is the most widely planted grape variety, the lifeblood of ...

Two female tourists from China have sparked online outrage after lying down on a highway where a road accident had occurred ...

Japan's antitrust watchdog plans to warn 15 operators of high-end Tokyo hotels for regularly communicating their respective ...

In a rare move, the Fujiyoshida city government in Yamanashi Prefecture has recently asked the media to refrain from covering ...

Also called the Sea of Trees, this destination for the desperate is a place where the suicidal disappear, often never to be found in the dense forest. Taro, a 46-year-old man fired from his job at an ...

The dollar has weakened sharply against the euro, pound, and yen this year. That's bad news for people planning summer ...