Japan is seeing a record boom in tourism, but one recent visitor travelled more than the circumference of the earth to get there, using boats, trains, camels, and even hitchhiking.

YOASOBI: A unit consisting of composer Ayase and vocalist ikura, known for turning novels into music. Their debut song “Into the Night' reached an unprecedented 1 billion cumulative streaming plays, ...

Deep in a dark warehouse, the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks OME, Japan -- Deep in a dark warehouse the sake ...

Daichi Fujii from the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan captured a meteor impact the moon with multiple telescopes. Credit: ...

A 23-year-old Japanese pitching phenom is coming to the major leagues and will be a massive bargain for any team. Yes, the ...

Even though Japan's greenhouse gas emissions have decreased throughout the past decade, air pollution causes over 44 thousand deaths annually. Rapid industrial development, economic growth ...

Industry veterans gathered at the Tokyo International Film Festival‘s (TIFF) annual Motion Picture Association (MPA) seminar to discuss the evolving landscape of filming in Japan and the impact ...

Japan's ruling camp lost its majority in the House of Representatives in Sunday's election, dealing a heavy blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba who must now look for additional support outside the ...

Japanese elections are normally steady and boring affairs. This snap election was neither. The dramatic vote follows a political funding corruption scandal, revealed last year, which implicated senior ...

Japanese elections are normally steady and boring affairs. This snap election was neither. The dramatic vote follows a political funding corruption scandal, revealed last year, which implicated ...

A four-piece Japanese rock band with three members who have impaired hearing has marked 35 years since it began performing music expressed also through sign language. To keep rhythm for their ...