Less than half of foreign travelers know at least one of the eight major sightseeing areas in the Tohoku region and just 16 ...

Usually packed with quiet business passengers, a Tokaido Shinkansen hosted lively travelers of the four-legged variety ...

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled northeastern Japan early Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the latest in a series of major temblors hitting the region. No tsunami warning was ...

A joint task force including the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department announced on April 7 the arrest of a Pakistani national on suspicion of violating the Stimulants Control Law by smuggling a ...

NARA—The historic Nara Prison from the Meiji Era (1868-1912) has at last reopened as a luxury hotel whose proceeds will go ...

Railway buffs are mourning plans by East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) to replace traditional magnetic tickets for short-distance rides with larger tickets with scannable QR codes in the spring of 2027.

SEOUL—A South Korean court on Monday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison for illegally receiving ...

BEIJING—Chinese AI startup Moonshot ‌on Friday unveiled Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model that it said ⁠is the world’s ...

A final piece of the construction puzzle has been approved for the ultra-high-speed Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line project, ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi isn't shying away from the hot button issue of Taiwan that her predecessors tread lightly on, citing a condition for Japan to provide support in exercising its right of ...

Tokyo-based crowdfunding company Ubugoe Inc. is withholding millions of yen in donations from at least six organizations that ...

The bill to revise the Imperial House Law that passed the Diet on July 17 ignored scholarly research that questions the 2,600 ...