Shirakawago, together with neighboring Gokayama in Toyama Prefecture ... hands of a person engaged in solemn prayer. I love the Japanese word "gassho," and I find it interesting that there ...

Thatched roofs were once a common sight in the Japanese countryside ... however – and nowhere more spectacularly than Gokayama and Shirakawa- go, said Tom Allan in the Financial Times.

along with Gokayama in neighboring Toyama. Surrounded by mountains, the farmhouses in Shirakawa-Go date to about 1800, and ...

Japan, stuck in a liquidity trap, faced a particularly deep economic crisis between 1991 and 2001. The country was actually experiencing a liquidity trap: It seemed like everything Japan’s ...

By Li Yuan A Japanese boy was stabbed on his way to school in China on Sept. 18. That’s the date when, nearly a century earlier in 1931, Japan invaded China. The child, who was 10 years old ...

The land of Japow beckons, so here's how to make the most of your next ski trip to Japan. Skiing in Japan is synonymous with bottomless powder, delicious food, hot springs, and full immersion in a ...

JOMON (10,000 - 300 B.C.) Prehistoric period of tribal/clan organization. Stone Age hunters and gatherers who make jomon (rope-patterned) pottery inhabit Japan. 660 B.C. Mythological Jimmu ("Divine ...

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Known as the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan's civilization dates as far back as 30,000 years. Today, the archipelago seamlessly blends its rich history with its ultra-modern present. And while its ...

By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo The steady course of the Japanese economy and business environment that has helped attract a torrent of investment in the past two years could be undercut ...

Japan Airlines is giving free domestic flights to international tourists, making travel to smaller cities and hidden gems far easier. But travel experts say the initiative is likely to backfire ...