Good to know: In winter, dress warmly. All visitors are required to sit on the temple’s chilly floor and use a calligraphy ...

Japan is seeing more inbound foreign tourists ... able to tell that the senior has back problems just from looking at him, so he won’t offer his seat either. Such scenarios are why there’s a segment ...

Young people in Japan tend to stay with their parents until they get married, so spending a night together outside the ...

Is the Japan tourism bubble at risk of bursting? - SPECIAL REPORT: The number of people visiting Japan hit record levels in ...

So you can imagine the lack of Christmas ... In 1974, just four years after KFC's arrival in Japan, the American fast-food chain launched its first Christmas campaign, offering a bucket of KFC’s ...

It's not even a public holiday in Japan, but Christmas is big business. How did it become such a popular occasion?

"himote", specifically refers to men who aren't popular with women. Christmas Eve is seen as one of the most romantic date nights of the year in Japan but this year, Tokyo's streets were a little ...

"All the teams are at a similar level of technical ability so it's about who wants ... and rugby tournaments are also popular and soccer reporter Masashi Tsuchiya said it was because school sports ...

TOKYO -- In the third week of December, two major events took place that underscored Japan's close ties to the rest of Asia in energy and decarbonization efforts. One came Dec. 17 with the release ...

The Japanese market has grown 11 percent since 2019, outperforming the global market’s modest 1 percent growth.

“All the teams are at a similar level of technical ability so it ... are also popular and football journalist Masashi Tsuchiya said it was because school sports strike a chord in Japan.