In western Japan, Himeji Castle is preparing to implement a dual-rate admission policy. Starting in March 2026, local ...

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...

“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

This is our review of the Conrad Tokyo hotel, part of Hilton Honors. After an exceptional stay at the Conrad Osaka last year (review here), I couldn’t resist checking in to Conrad Tokyo to see how it ...

New Otani Hotel Tokyo's vast garden is home to rock gardens, tree fossils, an active koi pond, and a vast waterfall that spans much of the park. When searching for urban hotels, “includes garden ...

I was in the city of Kōchi on August 8 ... Affecting 707 local administrations in 29 prefectures, chiefly on western Japan’s Pacific seaboard, the warning came as the region experienced ...

Buildings damaged by a forest fire are seen in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, at 1:55 p.m. on Wednesday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 14:02 JST, March 31, 2025 The city of Imabari in Ehime Prefecture, which was ...

TOKYO — U.S. Forces Japan has begun reorganizing into a “warfighting headquarters,” U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday during his first trip to the Indo-Pacific since taking ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth described Japan as an “indispensable partner” in confronting China and sought to dispel lingering unease in Tokyo over Trump’s penchant for a ...