Background Japan’s ‘Health Japan 21’ initiative targets a reduction in adult smoking prevalence to 12% by 2032. This study ...

With festivals taking place throughout the year in Tokyo, you have a good chance that your trip will coincide with a ...

The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are two traditional mountain villages located in the Shogawa river valley ...

Hiking on the Nakasendo trail in the Gifu and Nagano Prefectures of central Japan, I encounter more Buddhist jizo statues ...

Ramen bowls are presented as canvases for art at The Art of the RAMEN Bowl exhibition in Tokyo's Akasaka district. Visitors ...

NESTLED in the mountains of Japan’s Gifu prefecture, Higashi Mino remains a well-kept secret – for now. But with Japan’s new ...

An extensive system failure across central Japan that knocked out electronic toll collection (ETC) booths on major ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 63% chance of precipitation. Winds NE at 2 to 6 mph (3.2 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 49 °F (9.4 °C). Rain with a high of 62 °F (16.7 °C) and a 67% ...

SHIGA (TR) – Following the discovery of a woman’s body in a wooded area in Maibara City last week, police have revealed that the body is that of a Gifu Prefecture woman who went missing last month, ...

Tokyo, April 3 (Jiji Press)--The Air Self-Defense Force said Thursday that its Blue Impulse aerobatics team will fly over tourist spots in Osaka Prefecture on April 13 to celebrate the day's ...

Boat rides under cherry blossoms in full bloom are delighting visitors at the Suimon River in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture ... according to the local tourism association. Japan Sells 141,796 Tons of Reserve ...