Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous ...

It is this Japanese city, not Tokyo, that reigns supreme for food tourists, both for its agricultural dominance and its many ...

A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the warnings to ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to subsidize up to 100,000 yen (about $640) for the cost of painless delivery, which uses anest･･･ ...

Travellers are spoilt for choice in Japan — whether a first-timer to the country or a repeat visitor, try these alternative ...

We may earn an affiliate commission from links. Tokyo has captured the imagination of countless creatives throughout history, from Anthony Bourdain (who said if he had to eat in only one city the ...

4. Tosa Inu The Japanese Tosa, also known as the Tosa Inu, is a powerful breed originally developed in Tosa, Shikoku (modern-day Kōchi), for dogfighting, where it remains the only breed legally used ...

SINGAPORE, Dec 27 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Tokyo is bustling. Office vacancy rates in the Asian city are around 3%, sharply lower than 15% for New York and 8% for London. Japan’s rising appeal ...

While Yamagata boasts Japan’s most prolific slurpers – the northern prefecture regularly tops per capita ramen consumption rankings – finding proper Yamagata ramen in Tokyo has long been far ...

Tokyo was the only prefecture where per capita consumption ... Aomori at 94.1 liters, Kōchi at 91.9 liters, and Akita at 91.1 liters. Meanwhile, the prefecture with the lowest average consumption ...

KOCHI -- Businesses in Kochi Prefecture boast the highest rate of ... conducted in early December by private credit research firm Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd., including 36 in Kochi, 55 in Tokushima ...