The map locates Lake Suwa, and the city of Suwa, on its southeastern shore, in Nagano Prefecture, west of Tokyo, Japan. “Carrying on a tradition for 580 years binds our community together ...

Ignoring diplomatic efforts and investment pledges, President Trump said he would impose tariffs that are expected to deal a ...

Lawmakers in the Japanese city of Kyoto have approved a plan to significantly increase the accommodation tax for visitors from March next year in a bid to curb overtourism. The city assembly of ...

Japan is a fascinating country with a unique mix of modern innovations and ancient traditions. It has one eye fixed on the ...

SENNAN, Osaka Prefecture--Yuma Yamamoto, 31, became the youngest city mayor in Japan after winning in a landslide here with 10,861 votes. His 80-year-old rival, Hiroaki Koyama, gained 2,744 ballots.

Officials in the western Japanese city of Okayama have lifted all the evacuation orders that they issued to residents. They say the wildfires have been brought under control. On Friday morning ...

Masao Miki, mayor of Suzuka City in Nagano Prefecture, apologizing for the city passing off grapes produced in Yamagata Prefecture as being grown locally to reward donors to its hometown tax program.

To make a direct call to Japan From Japan, you need to follow the international dialing format given below. The dialing format is same for calling Japan mobile or land line from Japan. To call Japan ...

The fires came just weeks after extensive wildfires in the northern Japanese city of Ofunato left one person dead and damaged more than 200 houses and other buildings as the blaze burned 2,900 ...

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...

Osaka Castle’s stone wall, constructed during the era of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a warlord who ruled Japan in the late 16th ...

Fort Worth is playing a pivotal role this week in an international event next month in Japan. Osaka is the host city for Expo ...