Beyond the bustling streets of Japan's inner-city metropolis' lies a variety of dramatic, ever-changing landscapes. From ...

From the bustling streets of Tokyo to the serene landscapes of rural Japan, scenic drives across this island nation provide ...

I do like Magome and Tsumago, but the place is a bit boring after dark (and the post towns become really pitch-dark like no other place in Japan). Staying at an old townhouse B&B is not bad as an ...

Spend four days and three nights in Gifu embracing true Japan and exploring onsen, the Nakasendo Trail and World Heritage ...

Almost 4 million people in southern Japan were urged to evacuate as Typhoon Shanshan made landfall Thursday, leaving thousands of residents without power and lashing Kyushu island with hurricane ...

We still live in hope that one day they will be ours.” Walking the hiking road following the Nakasendo trail between Tsumago and Magome in Kiso Valley, Japan.. When Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) built ...

Typhoon Shanshan made landfall Thursday morning in southern Japan, bringing strong winds and high waves to the area, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. According to the agency, the typhoon made ...

Foreign investments into Japan's real estate sector have been burgeoning in the past year, buoyed by a weak Japanese yen and the country's ultra-loose monetary policy. Boosting the hot demand for ...

Japan is estimated to have had fewer than 800,000 births last year, down from more than two million a year in the 1970s Japan's prime minister says his country is on the brink of not being able to ...

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Japanese is a language isolate, spoken by 121 million people in Japanese archipelago. There are small Japanese communities in American Samoa, Hawaii, North and South ...