Japan In Focus

Nogeyama Zoological Gardens is a 15-minute walk from the west exit of JR Sakuragicho Station in Y...

FUKAYA, Saitama — About 300 people staged a parade on Sunday in Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture, to ce...

OTSU — The Shiga prefectural police have distributed an electric-powered kick scooter to each of ...

SAGA — A wooden carving of a kappa, a mythical creature that is said to prevent water accidents, ...

FUDAI, Iwate — Ginji Akaminai, a former standout baseball player with the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, ...

KANAZAWA — The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, which had been partially closed...

The area around JR Koenji Station is one of Tokyo’s largest clusters of shops selling used clothi...

TAKAMATSU — Keychains that recreate well-known udon dishes are attracting attention in Kagawa Pre...

IZUMI-SANO, Osaka — Emirates Airline has reintroduced the luxurious double-decker A380, known as ...

UJI, Kyoto — Orin metallic bowls, which are used in Buddhist rituals and ceremonies, produce a cl...

NEMURO, Hokkaido — More than 190 fishing vessels gathered at Cape Nosappu in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on...

Mukojima Meugaya is about a 10-minute walk northwest from Oshiage Station at the foot of Tokyo Sk...

FUKUOKA — Jet Wei, a 27-year-old Taiwanese professional wrestler, recently paid a courtesy call t...

KOBE — Motomachi-dori, a street which is a hub of the port city Kobe and has long supported its d...

CHIKUSEI, Ibaraki — How about staying with a group in the Hokutosei express sleeper train that on...