A 7-year-old girl drowned after she fell into a river and drowned in Kai City, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Sunday. Police said the girl, Yuzuki Fujiki, was walking her dog with three friends along the ...

From seaside towns in Kyoto and Okayama to ancient houses in Gifu, explore the timeless beauty of these Japanese villages.

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, will launch a pilot service to let pet dogs have fun riding Shinkansen bullet trains ...

Climbing Mount Fuji will become more expensive next summer, with Yamanashi Prefecture raising the toll on the mountain’s Yoshida trail from 2,000 yen ($13) to 4,000 yen. The prefectural ...

Shinkansen cars will be chartered to allow passengers to release their dogs from cages and move around inside the cars with ...

Yamanashi Prefecture, which lies just west of Tokyo, typically reports two to four bear attack victims a year. Fumiaki Iwase, head of the advanced emergency medical service center of the Yamanashi ...

The Quadrantids meteor shower, one of the three major meteor showers, was at its best from shortly before dawn on Saturday ...

Night - Clear. Winds from SW to WSW at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 24 °F (-4.4 °C). Rain with a high of 45 °F (7.2 °C) and a 83% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits ...

A world heritage listing - alongside new sparkling and fruity 'cocktail' types of sake - will be the beginning of a ...

"Picky to Pocky no Haiku Ehon: Oshogatsu no Maki," written by Kozaburo Arashiyama and illustrated by Mizumaru Anzai ...