Mount Fuji is Japan’s tallest mountain, and many would also say its most beautiful. But a less desirable superlative it’s also picked up in recent years is being Japan’s most notoriously crowded ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — ...

A group of gunmen shot and killed at least 26 domestic tourists and others and wounded many in the Baisaran Valley tourist ...

If you like your entertainment big and brawny, the Sumo Hall Hirakuza show in Osaka is offering a large dose of Japanese ...

Former senseis and business partners accuse Schulmann of building his $35-million-a-year martial-arts empire with Mafia ...

Home to some of the best whisky in the world, Japanese whisky is also great for tasty cocktails. We interviewed some experts ...

These themed trains in Japan include Pikachu, Hello Kitty, dinosaurs, and one specially dedicated to drinking sake.

The former imperial capital is both the symbol of Japan's temples and geishas and of globalized overtourism. And yet, blocks ...

Prince Borivoj of the Premyslid Dynasty (probably) started building Prague Castle in AD 880, and over the centuries various ...

Legend has it that the birth of the Chinese Zodiac started with a Great Race in Ancient China, involving various animals ...

Cats are theorized to be older than dogs, with their family tree branching off nearly 2.5 million years before canines. They ...