A new tour of the famed Akiyoshido cave system here, one of the largest limestone networks in Japan, offers visitors the ...

Around 170,000 tons of sesame were consumed in Japan in 2023, but only about 80 tons were produced domestically for a ...

Fans of the four remaining giant pandas at Adventure World here and local businesses are bracing for their return to China at ...

The government on April 23 started 2025 operations of both its ordinary and special heatstroke alert systems to warn the ...

Pakistani soldiers fired at Indian posts along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir for a second consecutive ...

The South Korean government’s fact-finding commission suspended its groundbreaking investigation into the extensive fraud and ...

Pyrotechnic artworks from the Omagari fireworks festival here will illuminate the sky over the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo venue ...

OSAKA—About 4,000 people were stranded at Yumeshima Station, the closest train stop to the Osaka Kansai Expo, on April 22 ...

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 4% to a record low in the fiscal year ended March 2024, government data showed on ...

Hoshino Resorts Inc. on April 22 announced the launch of a new brand called “Lucy” after the famed English traveler Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904) to serve as bases for mountain tourism.

The Osaka Kansai Expo is off to a sluggish start in its first week after daily visitor numbers fell short of initial targets. According to the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, a ...

NARA—The species resembling a "dragon" mummy that has long been kept in the Shosoin Repository here, a World Heritage site, ...