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

Whirlpools occur when fast-moving and slow-moving tides collide. The Naruto Strait is an ideal location for this phenomenon, ...

Fossilized bones discovered decades ago and hailed at the time as the oldest human remains found in Japan turn out to be from a ... Tochigi Prefecture, and the Akashi remains in Akashi, Hyogo ...

The huge bluefin, which was auctioned in Tokyo, will be served at restaurants across Japan. Ms Itooka lived through two world wars and was credited with a sprightly spirit all her life.

A local planetarium damaged in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake will observe its 30th anniversary on Jan. 17 by stopping its ...

Flurries with a high of 39 °F (3.9 °C) and a 70% chance of precipitation. Winds W at 17 to 19 mph (27.4 to 30.6 kph). Night - Mostly clear with a 30% chance of precipitation. Winds from W to WNW ...

Set against the backdrop of the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge—one of Kobe’s most iconic ... With 13 locations across Japan, from Hokkaido in the north to Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture in the south, and four ...

International tourism to Japan has exploded in recent years, and while the official figure for 2024 is yet to be released it is now certain to be a new record in excess of the 31.9 million who ...

As 2024 nears its end and we look back on the year in entertainment, it was clearly one when Japan-related works loomed large on the global market. It is a diverse group of works. Some were made ...

Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds W at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 37 °F (2.8 °C). Cloudy with a high of 48 °F (8.9 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 11 mph (3.2 to 17.7 kph). Partly ...

KOBE — The final reconstruction and redevelopment project in areas of Hyogo Prefecture, which was devastated by ... Indonesia Launches Free School Meal Program with Support from Japan; Ishiba Currying ...

SUMOTO, Hyogo -- Wild monkeys in this western Japan city gathered on Dec. 25 to ... (Japanese original and video by Naoki Irie, Akashi Local Bureau) ...