Be lord (and lady) of 400-year-old Fukuyama Castle in western Japan by booking a stay in its moon-viewing turret; meals, ...

Snowfall in Japan this winter is expected to be about average, offering visitors the chance to enjoy snow-clad castles.

Photo by Tanaphong Toochinda on Unsplash China does not include the debts of state-owned enterprises into its accounts. These businesses, which are controlled either by the central government or by ...

What are the best Minecraft castle builds? Minecraft’s sprawling, procedurally generated landscapes lend themselves perfectly to the majesty of a castle build, be it in the snow, lush green ...

A touch-screen with English, Chinese, and Korean language options allows you to easily ... Gate and Sanjikken Nagaya warehouse were reconstructed repeatedly and make the castle an important cultural ...

What do foreigners think when they encounter this kind of toilet for the first time? “I've been to China before, so when I saw a Japanese-style toilet in Japan, I was already used to it. But I was a ...

Nagano's two big youth department stores have been demolished (Again in Nagano City) and slated for closure (Parco in Matsumoto) so I agree that its not as lively as it could be. There is something ...

The U.S. should rethink Chinese perceptions of geopolitical conflict because China brings a fundamentally different perspective to politics than the West, Xinru Ma, a research scholar at the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

It is 10 years since Beijing announced an ambitious plan called Made in China 2025 to transform the country from "a low-cost manufacturing base into a high-tech superpower". President Xi Jinping's ...