Autumn in Japan is a season for mountain climbing, and the number of foreign hikers is rising. Police statistics show that ...

Almost eight decades after an atomic bomb devastated her home town, Teruko Yahata carries the scar on her forehead from when ...

Four American aircraft carriers were underway in the Pacific Ocean while two Chinese aircraft carriers were docked together.

It’s no secret that Japan is experiencing overtourism, but actually it’s only parts of Japan—because too many tourists are ...

Conde Nast Traveler named Japan the best country in the world for the second year in a row in its 2024 Readers' Choice Awards ...

In the northern reaches of Japan, a realm of ethereal, old-growth forests and icy coastal waters offer some of the country’s ...

Unrelated clips of troops from the Japanese Self-Defence Force and naval vessels have been viewed hundreds of thousands of ...

This was the dawn of Japan’s “bullet train” era, widely regarded as the defining symbol of the country’s astonishing recovery from the trauma of World War II. In tandem with the 1964 ...

As the world faces rapid change and competition over AI, Japan’s step-up is significant for the East Asian region but also ...

Japan, despite an officially pacifist Constitution written when memories of its World War II rampage were still fresh--and painful--boasts a military that puts all but a few nations to shame.

A World War II bomb exploded from beneath an airport in Japan on Wednesday, canceling over 80 flights. The blast left a large crater on the taxiway, but remarkably, there were no aircraft nearby ...

Japan's march to the 2026 FIFA World Cup will meet two major hurdles in Saudi Arabia and Australia over the next week.