Travel well in Hokkaido with our epic Japan travel guide! We visited Kushiro, Lake Kussharo, Sounkyo and Asahikawa, capturing ...

Escape the crowds and visit 3 of Japan’s lesser-known treasures: Taketomi Island’s beaches, Yamaguchi’s history and Nasu’s ...

Off the coast of Japan, a small, spikey orange fish was caught on the end of a fishing line. The creature was pulled more than 500 feet to the surface and it was identified as a scorpionfish, a kind ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

Explore the groundbreaking study that uses Re–Os isotope dating to reveal the timing of key tectonic events beneath Japan. Learn how Besshi-type volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits are helping ...

Lunch time was a delight at Kona’s Coffee, a Hawaiian pancake cafe in Tokorozawa city that has locations in Tokyo and throughout Japan. This eatery combines coffee, pancakes and a great Hawaiian ...

Services on the Hakone Tozan Railway between Odawara and Hakone Yumoto stations resumed at about 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The services were suspended due to a tree that fell on the tracks in the ...

This evening, they’re all dining together and have taped a large map to the wall showing ... leaving us slightly short of Hakone’s traditional 21 teams. Among the civilian teams are representatives ...

giving me a taste of Japan’s ancient society. Seven days was enough to give Tokyo’s surface a good scratch, while I also had a couple day trips to Kamakura and Hakone to see Mount Fuji.

Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 6 to 8 mph (9.7 to 12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 24 °F (-4.4 °C). Cloudy with a high of 31 °F (-0.6 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph ...

Tokyo — Japan plans to map out a strategy within 2025 to boost defense equipment exports by enhancing the international competitiveness of its defense industry. The government aims to strengthen ...

International tourism to Japan has exploded in recent years, and while the official figure for 2024 is yet to be released it is now certain to be a new record in excess of the 31.9 million who ...