Japan In Focus

AKITA — Hinabi Hachimantai, a tourist train operated by East Japan Railway Co. (JR East), ran on ...

YAMAGATA — An annual event to educate foreign residents about how to respond when a disaster stri...

The Meguro branch of the highly rated Ribera Steak House restaurant is popular not only among mea...

HIROSHIMA — Bustling with spectators, a soccer stadium that opened in the heart of Hiroshima in F...

NAGASAKI — Thousands of origami cranes strung together that visitors donate to the Nagasaki Natio...

OKUIZUMO, Shimane — A municipality in Shimane Prefecture, which is suffering from population decl...

IZUNOKUNI, Shizuoka — The harvest of Amanogaki persimmons, called “rare persimmons” as they seldo...

MAEBASHI — Just a stone’s throw away from the Gunma prefectural government building, there is an ...

KYOTO — An artisan briskly moves his hands and feet to the rhythmic clatter of a loom set with be...

IMABARI, Ehime — A sunset was observed through the frames of six towers on the Kurushima Kaikyo B...

Hotel Gajoen Tokyo, in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward, is home to a 99-step staircase known as the Hyakudan ...

OITA — A hovercraft tour that takes passengers around Beppu Bay in Oita Prefecture launched on Sa...

YAZU, Tottori — Motorbike riders have been revitalizing a small unstaffed station on a local trai...

SUITA, Osaka — Osaka University will change its English name to the University of Osaka starting ...

KITAKYUSHU — The parkour world championships, in which athletes compete through speed and techniq...