For 450 years, the little-known Ryukyu Kingdom thrived in what is now Japan. Now, after nearly vanishing, its unique fusion ...

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We catch up with writer and food personality Yukari Sakamoto on why she's been visiting the famed hot spring since the 80s.

More and more railway and airline companies are relaxing their dress codes for station staff and crew members.

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Beneath the cherry blossoms of Hiroshima, memories of devastation linger — but so does hope. This exclusive extract from Six Minutes to Winter, Mark Lynas’s urgent new book on the threat of nuclear ...

A quiet city in Japan has been using a surprising method to keep roads snow-free for decades. No salt, no plows—just a clever solution hiding in plain sight. North America isn’t using it, and the ...

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I am smitten with Tokyo's eclectic mix of modern cosmopolitanism and old world Japan,' confesses Dinesh Raheja.

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This multimodal route through the country’s Northern Alps is a great alternative to the similar journey around Mount Fuji — ...