Journalists in general would be helped if they followed the maxim, if a story feels a little too good and fits your ...

"When I looked at the game screen, my usual boring walking route had turned into a disturbing and bizarre landscape" ...

Japan is home to 27,000 hot springs sources, but overtourism has reduced some of the country’s onsen water supply to a record ...

A Japanese town that ordered government employees to arrive five minutes early each day for a meeting has been ordered to pay more than 10 million yen (US$67,000) in back-paid overtime.

Escape Tokyo crowds by heading to an underrated mountain town rich in culture and history. Explore the quaint streets while ...

In a Japanese town with a dying population, we find hundreds of scarecrows, zero children, and a voice that I hope I never forget... On the island of Shikoku in South-Western Japan, there is a ...

Looking for a stroll in the park but don't have all day? A town just south of Tokyo might have the perfect spot. There's an entrance marked by a decorative stone, a patch of grass and a small ...

We are visiting the facility in Shikaoi, a town in central Hokkaido, to film an upcoming episode of the BBC's TechXplore focusing on Japan. "Shikaoi accounts for 30% of Hokkaido’s cow waste and ...

Japan, long revered as a powder Mecca ... For now, though, Niseko seems to be bulletproof. The town has been riding a wave of increasing foreign visitors and the opening of new fancy resorts ...