Japan a land where ancient traditions coexist seamlessly with cutting-edge modernity has become one of the most intriguing ...

For the fifth time since 2022, Evangel University has received a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The latest is worth $7.5 ...

A recreation of typical Japanese school sports day activities, such as relay races and tug-of-war. Visitors participate in ...

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Municipalities with older populations tend to have lower rates of earthquake-resistant housing, an Asahi Shimbun analysis ...

People say it carries the voice of the deities, which seemed appropriate as we were on the Kumano Kodo, Japan’s ancient ...

Japan welcomed over 36.8 million tourists in 2024, a new record. This influx, along with a growing foreign resident ...

Japan saw a record 36.9 million foreign visitors in 2024, a 47 percent increase from the year prior. The previous record was ...

Yoshiami Abe, a 74-year-old Fukuoka rice farmer, stood in suit and tie in front of a large Costco sign. As he greeted ...

MEIWA, Gunma Prefecture--When Costco Wholesale opened its warehouse in a rural Japanese town not far from Tokyo last year offering hundreds of jobs at eye-popping pay, a nearby noodle shop chain ...

After traveling to Tokyo for meetings, Yoshiki Kojima's IT company employees crash out in a capsule hotel, as a tourism boom ...

Takahama is gradually changing. The number of tourists is increasing, local crafts are being revived, and the population is ...