Japan is seeing a record boom in tourism, but one recent visitor travelled more than the circumference of the earth to get ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the head of the Japanese opposition party that has emerged as kingmaker as lawmakers select the next prime ...

American tourist arrested in Japan for defacing a religious shrine by carving into gate with his fingernails - The ...

An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan's struggle to cope with misbehaving visitors amid a boom in inbound tourism.

American tourist Steve Hayes was arrested on Wednesday ‘on suspicion of damaging property’ at the Meiji Jingu shrine ...

A symbol of Japan, the mountain called “Fujisan” used to be a place of pilgrimage. The mountain with its snowy top and near ...

The best time to visit Tokyo is between March and April and September and November. Autumn ushers in colorful foliage and comfortable temperatures. Spring brings in much of the same, but instead ...

Now that summer has loosened its torrid grip, a trip to this outdoor museum in the western Tokyo suburbs is a perfect way to ...

Japan hosts wildly contrasting climate regions ... The monthly mean air temperature in the capital Tokyo usually peaks in August. January tends to be the coldest month on the archipelago.

like Tokyo. House prices in Japan have been on the rise since late 2020, although price growth adjusted for inflation slowed in 2024. Prices for condominiums, both new and pre-owned, increased ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the head of the Japanese opposition party that has emerged as kingmaker as lawmakers select the next prime ...