The Yomiuri Giants were forced indoors by rain for the second straight year, but it didn’t dampen their spirits on the opening day of spring training camps for Japan pro baseball’s 12 teams on ...

All 12 Nippon Professional Baseball teams began their spring training workouts Saturday, with many of them in indoor ...

Nestled in the heart of the Honshu mountains, Takayama’s nickname is “the little Kyoto of the Alps,” and for good reason: its ...

A western Japan city has begun offering overnight stays at Fukuyama Castle, a site dating back 400 years, as regional ...

If you are afraid of heights, please bear with it for a little while,” the train driver called out while blowing shimmering ...

A Thai PhD student went missing on Kyushu Island, Japan. She was last seen near her university at around 10am on January 23.

The strawberry picking season has arrived. A tourist farm in the city of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, is busy with visitors.

A theme park in central Japan featuring characters and scenes from Studio Ghibli's animation films such as "My Neighbor ...

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

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

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