Panda fans in Japan are keeping their eyes on Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, twin giant pandas at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, ...

The hotel is in the buzzy Umekita neighbor, near Osaka Station and the new 11-acre Umekita Park. Entry-level rooms feel ...

Feline-friendly public policies are another reason Japan stands out. Local governments and volunteers implement trap-neuter-return programs and organize community efforts to ensure cats are safe, ...

Six Japanese food professionals — including four acclaimed chefs — took on what seemed to all of them like a near-impossible ...

Luxury hotels have always promised exceptional experiences — but increasingly, they’re offering something guests can take ...

A lot of the most popular shrines and temples are actually open 24/7, so the fact that you can technically go whenever you ...

Japan's top currency diplomat on Monday denied a media report that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had told his ...

Peter Landers is The Wall Street Journal's Asia business, finance and economics editor, based in Singapore. He previously served as Tokyo bureau chief for a decade.

Isuzu Motors Ltd. will start making trucks with green steel, or steel produced with fewer carbon dioxide emissions, in this fiscal year.

Pro tip: Pairing ramen with cocktails (the best bars, below) is one of the best ways to experience Tokyo’s food scene. Kikanbo & Bar Libre. Ramen Nagi & Golden Gai. Afuri & Bar Trench. Fuunji & Bar ...

Japan is taking the rare steps of turning to imports and releasing part of its emergency stockpile of the grain as the ...

Faced with shortages and rising prices for domestic rice, many Japanese are doing what was once unthinkable — buying a ...