Okamoto Shrine and Ōtaki Shrine, 15 minutes by car from Echizen Takefu station in the Fukui city of Echizen, has attracted attention thanks to scenes of Japanese celebrity Yoshinaga Sayuri ...

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The Yomiuri Shimbun The Emperor and Empress are seen holding flowers during a memorial service in Kobe on Friday ... Indonesia Launches Free School Meal Program with Support from Japan; Ishiba ...

was the first quake in Japan to register an intensity of 7 on the Japanese seismic scale, resulting in 6,434 deaths and approximately 250,000 houses partially or completely destroyed. After arriving ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

Nikola Printz will sing with the Vallejo Symphony at the Empress Theatre on Sunday. Courtesy photo Vallejo Symphony VALLEJO — The Vallejo Symphony will present works by Mahler and Hayden at the ...

TOKYO – Record numbers of tourists flocked to Japan in 2024, figures showed on Jan 15, as the weak yen bolstered the appeal of the “bucket list” destination despite overcrowding complaints ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Workers in southwestern Japan on Tuesday worked to clear a road blocked by a small landslide and repair ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended a viola concert on January 13. The two attended 85-year-old violist Uzuka Toshiyuki's recital in Tokyo. Uzuka, a professor emeritus at the Tokyo ...

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southwest Japan on Monday, the country's Meteorological Agency has said. The earthquake hit at 9.19 pm local time (3:19 pm CET), it added. Tsunami warnings were ...