Most people who come to Japan often spend their time exploring Tokyo or Kyoto, and while there's nothing wrong with that, the country has so much to offer to those who venture off the typical ...

She’s among the Kyoto trip leaders who work for the standout operator Inside Japan Tours. As tourism to the country continues to surge, true experts like Drake are increasingly hard to find and ...

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While Ghost of Tsushima had us take on the role of Jin Sakai as he defends Tsushima from a Mongol invasion in the 13th century, Ghost of Yotei skips forward to 1603, where we play as female ...

During the Yakuza's heyday in the 1960s, the group operated internationally and boasted more than 184,000 members, according to Japan's National Police Agency. Members of Japan’s second-largest ...

OSAKA -- A century has passed since the promulgation in April 1925 of the Peace Preservation Law, which stripped away freedom of speech and thought in Japan ... a former Kyoto Prefectural Assembly ...

Currently, foreign visitors to Japan often travel the "Golden Route" comprising Tokyo, Mount Fuji, Kyoto and Osaka. Municipalities in areas west of Osaka hope that travelers will extend their ...

TOKYO -- Only three of the seven semiconductor plants that companies built or bought in Japan in fiscal 2023 and 2024 have begun mass production as of April, reflecting a slow recovery in demand ...

Heo Seong-beom enjoyed a romantic tour in Kyoto, Japan, with their foreign friend Kurumi, whom they met again after three months. While humming the song 'Let's Meet Now Right Now', Heo Seong-beom ...

This is no drill.” When that urgent message from Honolulu reached Washington, D.C., on December 7, 1941, even those who anticipated conflict with Japan were stunned by the attack on the U.S ...

Editor's note, July 1, 2019: For the first time in more than 30 years, Japan has resumed commercial whale hunting. On July 1, a fleet of five ships set sail in the morning and returned in the ...

The best way to get around Kyoto is by bus and on foot. The abundance of English-language signs and announcements make Kyoto's bus systems easy for visitors to navigate. But all those bus fares ...