I have a thing for ferries. Not the stomach-churning Devon to France crossings as a kid in the UK, bunged in the back of a Ford Escort with the cornflakes and tea bags. But the little ferries that ...

A local food expert gives the culinary lowdown on the rugged region located a few hours north from Tokyo by bullet train, ...

Channel your inner samurai and visit these remarkable castles in Japan, from Osaka to Nagasaki and right across the land.

A black-tailed gull chick nestles beside its parent in the Kabushima district of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Friday.

Irungu is one of over 30 athletes that Wanjiru used to support financially and with training equipment as soon as he started ...

The bombers’ arrival for joint drills signals deterrence toward China and North Korea, despite local backlash after one ...

Defense Force agency continued its search Thursday for two crew members and their plane which crashed Wednesday somewhere in ...

Kandachime horses, designated as protected animals by Aomori Prefecture, have entered the birthing season, and newborn foals ...

Come, let us clean up our lives. Let us be as dandelion fluff, floating free and unencumbered. An unexpected invitation from an unexpected source – the business magazine President (May 16), whose core ...

The pup was born April 28 to a female named Mei who was rescued in 2010 in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, and a male named Kibou, who has been on loan from an aquarium in Iwaki ...

A spotted seal pup has been born at Aquarium Asamushi in this north Japan city for the first time in two years, delighting visitors with its･･･ ...

The central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, which has a trail to Mount Fuji, has enacted an ordinance amid risky behavior by some climbers. The new ordinance requires each hiker to pay an ...