It is this Japanese city, not Tokyo, that reigns supreme for food tourists, both for its agricultural dominance and its many ...

A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the warnings to ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to subsidize up to 100,000 yen (about $640) for the cost of painless delivery, which uses anest･･･ ...

In a bid to forge meaningful connections and promote the unique allure of Fukui Prefecture, the Fukui Prefectural Government Tokyo Office recently organized a special two-day tour for embassy ...

We may earn an affiliate commission from links. Tokyo has captured the imagination of countless creatives throughout history, from Anthony Bourdain (who said if he had to eat in only one city the ...

4. Tosa Inu The Japanese Tosa, also known as the Tosa Inu, is a powerful breed originally developed in Tosa, Shikoku (modern-day Kōchi), for dogfighting, where it remains the only breed legally used ...

SINGAPORE, Dec 27 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Tokyo is bustling. Office vacancy rates in the Asian city are around 3%, sharply lower than 15% for New York and 8% for London. Japan’s rising appeal ...

While Yamagata boasts Japan’s most prolific slurpers – the northern prefecture regularly tops per capita ramen consumption rankings – finding proper Yamagata ramen in Tokyo has long been far ...