Japan comes alive with matsuri, festivals that celebrate local culture and traditions throughout the country. From the icy ...

Experience the beauty and tradition of Japan's Lantern Festivals with our guide to these breathtaking celebrations of light ...

The Konomiya Naked Festival, known as a bizarre festival, was held at Konomiya Jinja shrine in the city of Inazawa, Aichi ...

A festival to savor blowfish has attracted visitors to Shimonoseki City in the western Japanese prefecture of Yamaguchi.

Residents of downtown Tokyo descended on a Buddhist temple to mark the last day of winter in the Japanese lunar calendar by ...

Hundreds gathered at Tokyo's Zojoji temple for the traditional 'mame-maki' bean-throwing ritual, marking setsubun, the end of winter in Japan's lunar calendar. Participants, including celebrities, ...

Three of Japan’s most promising young directors are headed to Berlin to boost the ranks of filmmakers from the country on the ...

The C-model is the Navy’s carrier-capable variant and the fifth-generation fighter. Strike Fighter Squadron 147, the ...

The Sapporo Snow Festival started on February 4 in Sapporo, Hokkaido. It is a famous Japanese festival celebrating snow and ice. At Odori Park in Sapporo, 126 statues made by packing snow are ...

You've seen athletes depicted in stone statues. But how about snow? At the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan, among the sculptures at the festival is none other than Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei ...