Marking 100 years since the Showa era (1926-1989) began in Japan, a mainstay hotel in this central Japan hot spring resort ...

Located near Kyoto, Uji is famous for its high-quality green tea production. The region's pleasant climate and fertile soil ...

TOKYO -- A growing number of municipalities in Japan are introducing lodging taxes as overseas tourists continue to flood ...

The southern Japanese Island of Kyushu is getting an official Hello Kitty airport makeover. Located at the Oita Prefecture ...

Most developed countries are barreling toward a demographic cliff. And it's worse than we thought. New research published ...

The CEO of the $3.1 billion tea behemoth is trying to make green tea as ubiquitous in the U.S. as it is in Japan.

TeraWatt Technology Inc. is pleased to announce that its lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Shizuoka Prefecture ...

In the early 1950s, with surplus wartime equipment and deep expertise in metal casting from making piano frames, Yamaha moved ...

SHIZUOKA—Long the top tea-growing prefecture in Japan, Shizuoka has been surpassed by Kagoshima, dropping into second place for the first time since record-keeping began in 1959. For many years ...

An investigation of an ambulance helicopter that crashed last month has found that a key component controlling the aircraft's ...

Human populations need at least 2.7 children per woman – a much higher fertility rate than previously believed – to reliably ...

Even seasoned hikers find the off-season treacherous. Hut closures, removed signage, and the absence of medical stations make ...