The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic ...

Planning a trip to Osaka and Tokyo? 🚄 Don’t make the same mistakes we did! From food adventures 🍣 to navigating train stations 🚉, this guide has everything you need to know to make your Japan ...

Visitors looking for the "real Japan" may find it on a new long trail two hours from Tokyo that shows off the country's ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds from N to NNW at 8 to 10 mph (12.9 to 16.1 kph). The overnight low will be 36 °F (2.2 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 9 ...

Night - Clear. Winds from NNW to NW at 8 to 20 mph (12.9 to 32.2 kph). The overnight low will be 37 °F (2.8 °C). Sunny with a high of 53 °F (11.7 °C). Winds variable at 7 to 12 mph (11.3 to 19 ...

One lesson from the damage caused by the destructive typhoon that hit Japan in October last year is the need to improve hazard maps that visualize projected data for natural hazards. Hazard maps ...

There's also been a renewed debate about Japan’s aging infrastructure. Just after the sinkhole appeared in Yashio City, just northeast of Tokyo, on Tuesday morning a 3-ton truck fell into it.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to the country's male-only imperial succession rule.

When you visit Japan in spring, enjoying the cherry blossoms in Tokyo is an absolute must! Here, we'll take you on a delightful journey through Tokyo's most renowned and awe-inspiring cherry blossom ...

On Monday, Google said it would update its maps to display Gulf of America as soon as the U.S. government updated its official maps. “We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes ...

Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York Times By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo In a number of ways, Japan’s economy seems to have gone back in time. Inflation and wage growth are ...

There’s no bigger, more fervently anticipated event in Japan than cherry blossom season ... cherry blossom season 2025 is now here! As shown in the map below, the sakura are expected first in Tokyo ...