Matsumoto city will raise entrance fees for Matsumoto Castle but will not charge foreign tourists more than Japanese visitors ...

The world is experiencing a disturbing surge of extreme weather events, including heat waves, droughts and floods.

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If we could, we’d list just about every prefecture and city in Japan as a must-visit for food-lovers. From snowy Hokkaido to tropical Okinawa, there is enormous diversity in the ingredients and dishes ...

Panos Mourdoukoutas, Ph.D., is a professor of Economics at Long Island University Post and teaches finance courses on security analysis and global emerging markets at Columbia University, and has ...

Japan is a friendly and welcoming country, steep in history and tradition. While visitors are often amazed at how polite, courteous and gracious the society is, most first-timers may experience some ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has published a comprehensive disaster guide. It’s recommended that you download it and read it right now (or even better, after you read it, print it out and stick ...

Based on original coverage by the Mainichi Shimbun and press releases by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Japanese version The data on this "Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in Japan" page ...

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French and German Ambassadors to Japan Call for Democracies to Unite in Defense against Russian Disinformation Facing the threat of Russian disinformation, the French and German ambassadors to Japan ...