From traditional ryokans and authentic minshukus to luxurious high-rises, explore the best hotels in Japan to find your ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Voters in Tokyo began casting their ballots early Sunday for an election that might weaken Prime Minister ...

By David Waldstein Masa Kawai wore his faded Yankees cap on Wednesday as he served customers at the Japanese doughnut shop he owns in Edgewater, N.J. It was two days before Game 1 of a World ...

The plush sleep surfaces will eliminate all memory of any time spent on a minuscule futon. Is there a better gift you can give an overnight guest aside from a guest bed? Unlikely. However ...

What does a Japanese person recall? Doraemon, the friendly robot helper of an enormously popular eponymous anime series. So goes an anecdote making the rounds in Japanese tech circles. It suggests ...

The label worked with its own team riders, Tyler Bledsoe and Mason Silva, to create two capsules for the colder months.

“You can feel that this tree is still alive.” Some 140 years ago, laborers on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, soaked a massive felled tree in the ocean for 12 month ...

Want to relive that Japanese holiday, or get your eye in before you head overseas? You're in luck, because Melbourne is full of top-tier Japanese restaurants. Whether you’re craving sushi, ramen, ...

Japan’s influence on menswear over the past several decades has been profound. At this stage, in fact, it’s practically to the point of cliché. Ask a cool guy who makes his cool pants.

Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...

The tourism sun is shining bright over Japan as visitor numbers and revenues reach an all-time high in 2024. The challenge: sustaining the growth through 2025. Japan's foreign visitor spending ...

A common Japanese figurine sold everywhere from temples ... In my room, I found a futon bed and a pot of steaming tea. The floors were lined with tatami mats, made of compressed rice straw and ...