This moody wood-paneled bar near Yotsuya Station in Shunjuku has been a decidedly serious place to listen to jazz since 1967.

Travelling to Japan was our dream family holiday for over a decade and with three 20-plus-year-olds and two fifty-plus-year-olds there was a great deal of ...

There has been a pause on executions in Japan since that of Katō Tomohiro, perpetrator of the 2008 Akihabara massacre in Tokyo, who was hung on July 26, 2022 at the Tokyo Detention House. The hiatus ...

Actor Olivia Munn, who stars in “Your Friends & Neighbours,” spent eight years in Tokyo when she was growing up. Here, she shares her places to visit ...

Japan has just got a whole lot pricier. But guess what? Tourists are still flocking there. Why, you ask? Well, there are ...

With more than 28 million visitors expected to descend on Osaka for the Osaka-Kansai World Expo 2025, Waldorf Astoria's opening could not be more perfectly timed.

Since the Japanese anime boom of the past few decades, Akihabara has been a refuge for the otaku — someone who would “go ...

Learn how to play, what surprises await, and where to hunt the best capsule toy machines in Tokyo, Osaka & beyond!

BANGKOK—As foreign tourism becomes increasingly important to the Japanese economy, Thai tourists stand out from the crowd by ...

Photographic essay by Eron Costin showcasing a collection of works by prominent Japanese and international architects.

Anime culture is proving to be a major driving force behind Japan’s tourism boom. A growing number of international travelers ...