The Japanese Alpine Club is marking its 120th anniversary with a landmark project to document and promote historic mountain trails traversing the country.
The fifth-generation proprietor of restaurant Yahatazushi discusses his father's postwar invention of kappamaki and the current challenges of the sushi trade.
Repurposed "Blue Train" sleeping cars offer tranquil accommodation near a ropeway station connecting to Unpenji Temple along the famous Shikoku Pilgrimage.
TOTO has been instrumental in bringing Japanese toilet culture to the world, but its corporate culture of kindness has delivered a whole lot more.
Artistic director and kabuki actor Monnosuke Ichikawa VIII gives us the backstory on the kabuki play premiering in English in Hawaii on April 19.
As the clock ticks down, Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 Deputy Chair Masayoshi Matsumoto talks about the building anticipation and his insider expectations.
On April 11, 2024, Prime Minister of Japan KISHIDA Fumio gave an important address in English to a Joint Meeting of the US Congress, presented below...
The San Francisco gaming event offered fun indie game discoveries and insight into the creative process behind megahits, shining hope as the industry recovers.
Operating a rideshare or other unlicensed taxi is prohibited under the Road Transport Act, but the taxi shortage has prompted the partial lifting of this ban.
A recent JETRO survey of foreign companies points out how Japan stands out for its social and economic stability in a risk-filled global business environment.
By winning the 200-meter IM title on the last day of Japan's Olympic trials, Yui Ohashi qualified for the Paris Games. She called it a "wonderful...
An exhibition of modern art at the National Art Center Tokyo explores how growth at the pan-global scale has also led to lives that are increasingly...