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.

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 ...

Seeing cherry blossoms in Japan isn’t limited just to April! You can also catch these gorgeous flowers slightly earlier—from February to March—if you know where to go. Just around an hour south of ...

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 ...

China’s manufacturing boom has fueled decades of export-oriented economic growth, undercutting foreign competitors and contributing to a growing appetite for tariffs in the United States and Europe.

Han said Beijing was ready to work with Washington to “implement the important consensus reached between President Xi Jinping and president-elect Trump”, said China’s official news agency ...

HONG KONG -- Chinese and U.S. overseas investment is diverging further, increasing the likelihood that the global economy will divide into "two blocs" centered on the rival superpowers ...