Escape Japan's more popular tourist hubs and head to a less-visited, mountainous region with festivals and delicious food ...

Restaurants in Tokyo are known for shokunin, the people who focus on a single skill to the point of obsession. These chefs dedicate their lives to the smallest details of a cuisine: the optimal ...

The year 1923 stands out as a turbulent moment in modern Japanese history because of the catastrophic Great Kanto Earthquake that brought Tokyo and surrounding regions to their knees. Yet even as tens ...

The Matsuda Cherry Blossom Festival features about 360 Kawazu cherry trees and offers a stunning view of Mount Fuji. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism recognizes this view as ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

A Japan Meteorological Agency sign is seen in Tokyo's Minato Ward. (Mainichi/Shinji Kurokawa) TOKYO -- The Japan Meteorological Agency is forecasting heavy snow in the Kanto-Koshin region ...

The transport ministry announced Tuesday that highways in the Tokyo metropolitan area will be closed as a preventive measure ahead of a forecast for heavy snow later in the day. The closures are ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan is fighting an extensive forest fire in northern Japan which has damaged dozens of homes and forced ...

Japanese weather officials say heavy snow may fall again in mountainous areas of the Kanto-Koshin region from Tuesday evening. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the winter cold has returned and ...

Temperatures are expected to drop sharply in many parts of Japan on Monday after a spell of unusually warm weather at the weekend. Snow may accumulate in low-lying areas of the Kanto region ...

If you want to take a stroll around this park in Japan, you will have to be very nimble on your toes. A park roughly the size of four sheets of paper in Japan’s central prefecture of Shizuoka ...

March is considered one of the best months to visit Japan, thanks to its mild weather, colorful blooms, and vibrant cultural events. As winter wanes, plum and early cherry blossoms emerge in warmer ...