Existing restrictions and taboos contribute to maintaining the aura of the island as a sacred place. Continuing research on the three islands and on the maritime routes within Japan and its ...

Correspondence to Professor Noriko Koizumi, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Hirokoji-agaru, Kawaramachi-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-0841, Japan; ...

As the distinctive aroma of umami wafts into the air at Zenbo Seinei — a Zen wellness retreat designed by Shigeru Ban and located in the north of Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture — I’m ...

For 450 years, the little-known Ryukyu Kingdom thrived in what is now Japan. Now, after nearly vanishing, its unique fusion cuisine is being revived. "You can learn a lot about a person by looking ...

Shin Hashino smiles at Shimokoshiki Clinic on Shimokoshiki Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on April 16. To his left is an illustration donated by the author of “Dr. Coto’s Clinic.” The Yomiuri Shimbun ...

Supported by By Ted Loos Visuals by Noriko Hayashi Reporting from Naoshima, Japan. On a tree-dotted hill on Naoshima, an island in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, a museum was being completed ...

Hashima Island is one of Japan’s most popular tourist destinations, but this modern-day ghost town has a sordid past that only recently became known to its many visitors. After Hashima Island became a ...

TOKYO — Japan's coast guard has dispatched a patrol ... the survey operation in the area off the southern coast of Miyako Island, according to the JCG. The JCG patrol vessel picked up the ...

Robert Ward is the Japan chair at the London-based think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), where he also directs the geo-economics and strategy program. He is the ...

It was a desperate plea from a boy that prevented a mass suicide on a remote island in Okinawa Prefecture when U.S. forces landed 80 years ago. On March 26, 1945, the Battle of Okinawa began with ...

ranging from the southern coast of Japan’s main Honshu island to the southern tip of its archipelago near Taiwan, the study said. The new species was identified by its DNA, scale pattern ...