On a long trip away from home, some of the most memorable moments come from the hospitality of strangers. National Geographic ...

The Ghost of Yotei developers have emphasized their commitment to portraying feudal Japan in a respectful way, this time focusing on the efforts they made to represent the culture of the Ainu.

It is believed to have inspired the bathhouse in the acclaimed anime film “Spirited Away,” and is still visited by many fans.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the Ministry of the Environment have issued a "heatstroke alert" for Chiba, Ibaraki ...

A research team led by Professor Eiji Inoue from the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University have ...

Hachijojima is an island shaped by volcanoes, softened by forests and warmed by the ocean. Located 55 minutes by plane from ...

Indonesia’s capital has 750,000 stray cats and the city government wants to use an offshore island to house 1,000 of the ...

affectionately dubbed Cat Island, where feline residents outnumber humans. Located in Ehime Prefecture in southern Japan, Aoshima is a sleepy fishing village that has unexpectedly become a purr ...

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture ... on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to more than 150 hectares by Tuesday morning.

TOKYO (AP) — Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least ... In Imabari, in the Ehime prefecture on the main island of Shikoku, the fire left a firefighter slightly ...

TOKYO — Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least ... In Imabari, in the Ehime prefecture on the main island of Shikoku, the fire left a firefighter slightly injured.