REUTERS/ISSEI KAT Women use folding hand fans as they walk along Nakamise Street at the Asakusa district, in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 5. It promises the benefits of a 10,000-step walk in just 30 minutes.

A viral TikTok from fitness coach Eugene Teo helped rebrand a 2007 Japanese study into a time-saving walking trend. But experts say the science has limits, and caution is needed when health advice ...

In his new memoir "Things Become Other Things," photographer and essayist Craig Mod contemplates the power of a long walk to see a place—and ourselves—anew.

In Japanese cities, people are accustomed to walking everywhere, and public transportation trumps car culture; in Tokyo, half of all trips are made on rail or bus, and a quarter on foot.

A record 36.9 million international visitors visited Japan in 2024, including almost a million Aussies, and that number is ...

Monks set the stage for an annual fire-walking ritual aimed at burning away bad luck near Mount Takao, Japan, on March 10, 2019. (Michelle S. Preston) ...

I Walked Japan's Kiso Valley and It Felt Like Stepping Into a Woodblock Print A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers.

A viral TikTok from fitness coach Eugene Teo helped rebrand a 2007 Japanese study into a time-saving walking trend. But ...