The birthplace of karate also holds a deeply rooted connection to spirituality and nature. Here’s how to plan a visit to this ...

The 150-plus-island archipelago has drawn megacity transplants seeking a more relaxed pace of life in tune with the rhythms ...

Travelling through Japan is a dream, from beautiful cities and rich traditions to some of the most iconic food in the world. But if you are a vegetarian, eating your way through the country is not ...

Firefighters in western Japan are continuing their efforts to extinguish forest fires that broke out in Okayama and Ehime prefectures ... factors and mountainous terrain make fires spread quickly ...

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23.

It's this insatiable awe and love for Japan that compelled this Singaporean to want to visit all 47 of its prefectures solo, and he's inching closer to completing this goal after two-and-a-half ...

Japan’s archipelagic geography with its straits being international ... releases reporting on the passages of such which includes maps and photos taken by shadowing JMSDF ships and aircraft ...

On the northeastern tip of the island of Shikoku is Japan’s tiniest prefecture, Kagawa. It might be small, but only big adventures await travelers. Some of these include spectacular temples and ...

This map shows the locations ... that day in southwest Japan. Kyodo/AP Tsunami advisories were issued shortly after the 9:19 p.m. quake on Monday for Miyazaki prefecture, where the epicenter ...

A collection of 10,000-yen bills is seen. (Mainichi/Kazuhisa Soneda) MAEBASHI -- Tokyo topped the rankings of Japan's 47 prefectures in terms of the amount of spending money adults have ...

Finally, for the top of the list, we go all the way to the top of the map of Japan. Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost prefecture, has a couple of things going for it from a foodie standpoint. It’s ...