Japan In Focus

Vintage cars are lined up along a prefectural road near the coastline on the Miura Peninsula in Y...

KUWANA, Mie — Concerns over animal welfare are prompting changes to a 700-year-old Shinto ritual ...

OITA — Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama. who served as leader in the 1990s, celebrated his...

OARAI, Ibaraki — TV personality and Ibaraki Prefecture native Naomi Watanabe participated in an e...

IMABETSU, Aomori — A festival was held that featured local performing arts for a performance in I...

Back in the Showa era (1926-1989), half-buried old car tires reminiscent of kamaboko fish loaf we...

KYOTO — Every time ceramic artist Tae Uesaka sets her brush on a piece of pottery, it seems to be...

MINOBU, Yamanashi — From Buddhist statues’ missing heads to destroyed temples, many scars of Laos...

Beef “suchuu,” a traditional dish, simmers in a bowl. The aroma of deep flavors rises from the ho...

ASHIYA, Hyogo — The city of Ashiya in Hyogo Prefecture, one of the Kansai region’s most upscale r...

ANAN, Tokushima — A giant mandala 6 meters high and 12 meters wide has been created by the Byodoj...