Another Jewish community was established in the port of Nagasaki. In fairly short order, the Russo-Japanese War and the Great ...

A record number of foreign travelers are visiting Japan, sparking friction with locals. Cities and travel operators seek ways ...

Get an idea of when you can expect to see this year’s blooms across Japan in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Sapporo and more ...

Take your time in Japan away from Tokyo and head for part of the country far too few visitors ever experience.

OSAKA--Visitors to Tokyo and Kyoto might not realize it, but Osaka--one of Japan’s biggest and oldest cities, known more as a business hub than a tourist destination--is gearing up to host next ...

The map below shows the location of Kyoto and Osaka. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

Known as the "Golden Route", Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka are the hotspots of Japanese tourism. But their popularity has become a ...

The latest Shinkansen is the N700S Series, and the name should give away that this is an evolutionary rather than ...

The government aims to reverse the trend in fiscal 2027 to address the issue of overconcentration in the Tokyo area.

Tokyo continued to be a magnet for people in 2024, with a net influx of around 80,000 nearing the pre-pandemic 2019 level and ...

At the new Four Seasons Hotel Osaka, there's an exclusive modern ryokan within the hotel and an enticing culinary program.