The birthplace of karate also holds a deeply rooted connection to spirituality and nature. Here’s how to plan a visit to this stunning island archipelago.

And yet, this country of islands — more than 6,500 of them — is packed with beaches, strung along the nation's 34,000 kilometers (or 21,000 miles) of coastline. The islands of Japan are ...

Hachijojima is an island shaped by volcanoes, softened by forests and warmed by the ocean. Located 55 minutes by plane from ...

Forget what you thought you knew about Japan: the frantic neon ... surrounding the archipelago. Tropical fish can be spotted swimming just off the coast; beaches provide nesting grounds for ...

For hundreds of years, the island nation of Japan has seen various examples of efforts to conserve its coastal ecosystems, vital to its fisheries. An 1897 law created protection forests to ...