Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

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 ...

A collection of 10,000-yen bills is seen. (Mainichi/Kazuhisa Soneda) MAEBASHI -- Tokyo topped the rankings of Japan's 47 prefectures in terms of the amount of spending money adults have ...

In a bid to forge meaningful connections and promote the unique allure of Fukui Prefecture, the Fukui Prefectural Government Tokyo Office recently organized a special two-day tour for embassy ...

Come New Year's Eve, Tokyo is usually filled with incredible parties and countdown celebrations. While the countdown event at Shibuya Crossing has been cancelled yet again this year, there are ...

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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 ...

Tokyo is tackling its low birth rate by offering government employees a four-day workweek starting in April. Governor Koike hopes this initiative, along with flexible work hours for parents, will ...