Nara, Japan, located 20 miles east of Osaka, was named the city with the most hidden gems in a recent study by Bounce. Nara is most famous for its "sacred" deer park.

The ethereal Anabuki Arena Kagawa transforms a landfill site into a public space that people are free to move in and around ...

Her novel “Hunchback” is an angry cry against “ableist machismo.” By Martin Fackler Reporting from Yamato, Japan When Saou Ichikawa was named the winner of the Akutagawa Prize in July 2023 ...

Wall Drug, with its free ice water and homemade doughnuts, remains one of the top roadside attractions in the country, according to the 2025 USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards.

(Mainichi/Yuria Kiyama) An American tourist in his 70s was recently arrested in Japan for possessing a handgun, which he had inadvertently brought with him in his suitcase along with ammunition.

The shortage is affecting daily life in Japan, where rice’s myriad uses include sushi and alcohol as well as ancestral ceremonies. Restaurants are hiking prices and no longer giving free rice ...

Niseko, a once sleepy farming area in southwest Hokkaido, has gone through a series of booms and busts over the years. For now, in what is arguably Asia’s premier ski destination, it is all boom.

A Japan-based company affiliated with South Korean agricultural cooperatives says it has imported rice from South Korea to Japan. The company, established 26 years ago, says it imported two tons ...

Published April 20, 2025Updated April 25, 2025 When Osaka first hosted the World Expo in 1970, a quarter-century after World War II, Japan’s economy was newly affluent and expanding so rapidly ...

and its natural landscapes and popular attractions are just part of what makes Japan so appealing to many. Last year, Japan was named the best country to visit in the world by the Conde Nast ...