The Japanese city is “beautifying” itself ahead of hosting the World Expo — not by planting flowers, but by banning ...

Every winter Mount Rokko adds a snow park to its many leisure facilities. A short train ride and cable car from downtown Kobe ...

Osaka has implemented a public smoking ban from January 27, ahead of hosting Expo 2025. The ban extends to roads, parks, ...

Train companies owning these grounds have ... built likewise under tracks a seven-minute walk from Harinakano Station in Osaka city in August this year. Resident wannabes are alike on a list ...

It was difficult to meet new people while staying in Japanese capsule hotels. Hostels were more social.

Prefectural police deployed plainclothes officers in Osaka’s Nanba district where six train stations are located to beef up patrols for upskirt photographers. Stricter regulations are also in place.

Trains have come a long way since the early days of steam locomotives chugging across landscapes in the 19th century. Since ...

The high-speed Skyliner that links Narita Airport with central Tokyo has introduced a new way to pay for your ride. From ...

Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to ...

Heavy snowfall is expected to continue through the early morning of Friday in eastern Japan as a strong winter pressure ...

China's Lunar New Year travel period, known as Chunyun in Chinese, is the world's largest annual migration of people that ...