TANABE, Wakayama -- A massive torii gate at a shrine in this western Japan city has been lit up in red and blue, the theme colors of the 2025 World Expo set to open in Osaka on April 13 ...

Resembling a squat, wide fridge, the world’s most accurate clock went on sale for US$3.3 million in Japan today. The “Aether clock OC 020” is so precise that it would take 10 billion years ...

Why Shouldn’t You Climb the Torii Gates? In Japanese culture and Shinto beliefs, the torii gates are seen as the gateways where spirits enter and exit, the border between the sacred and the mundane.