Every eki stamp is unique but some are particularly eye-catching, such as that of Gion-Shijo station in Kyoto, which features ...

Masaki Kashiwara, professor emeritus at Kyoto University's Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, on Wednesday became the first Japanese recipient of the Abel Prize, often referred to as the ...

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 ...

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigned from his position on Monday, nearly two weeks after agreeing to allow Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to right-size the Postal ...

Nowhere is this more noticeable than in Kyoto, but it turns out there hasn’t been an across-the-demographic-board increase in the number of visitors to the city’s temples, shrines, and gardens, as ...