Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest summit, is revered for its snowy peak. A snowfall reported on Wednesday ended its longest ...

Among them is the small city of Sabae, in Fukui prefecture, about a 3.5-hour train ride from Tokyo. It’s widely known as Japan’s eyeglasses capital – and for good reason. Sabae produces over ...

A dwindling Japanese village has found a creative way to combat loneliness amid rural depopulation and declining birth rates. Ichinono, a community of fewer than 60 people north of Osaka, has been ...

Hanako Okada was one of 73 women to win seats at the general election last month, a record number in a Parliament long dominated by men.

After a summer that tied for the country’s hottest, meteorologists say an unusually warm autumn is delaying snowfall Alexa ...

Shohei Ohtani’s hometown in northern Japan is a rural place, famous for its high-quality Maesawa beef, its history of making traditional ironware and the intense green hills and mountains that surroun ...

A win for the baseball superstar’s Los Angeles Dodgers “will be seen as a victory for Japanese baseball and the Japanese ...

Rise of Kingdoms is a strategy city building game based on building a real civilization from the ground up, with choices including Japan, Britain, and more. It’s pretty standard fare ...

FUKUOKA -- The transportation bureau in this southwestern Japan city is preparing to introduce new "4000 series" commuter trains that an official says are "the most comfortable" in the country.

How did we find these deals? We looked at every economy class flight to from Salt Lake City to Japan. And these fares have the biggest savings when compared to the average airfare. When is it the ...