These real cities in Japan served as the major inspiration for some of the Yakuza franchise's most iconic locations.

Ishinomaki was mauled more than any other municipality by the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami ... with what is now Tokyo during the Edo Period (1603-1867).

A short film about a young woman’s efforts to revitalize tourism in her home town, Tawarayama Onsen hot spring resort in ...

We've long been supporters of the Death End Re;Quest series here at TrueTrophies, so we're thrilled that the third game in the series — which briefly looked like it might not leave Japan — will ...

Each year between mid-November and April, winter sports fans from around the world flock to Japan for the country’s renowned ...

Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change ...

With record visitor numbers in 2024 putting strain on Japan's tourist hotpots, here are four places to visit far away from ...

Unfortunately, Edo State in the immediate past and in the present is playing out the ugly script of politics overshadowing the prescription of good health for the population. Remarkably ...

What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory.

Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward has reproduced a rare map from 1947 that shows how the postwar U.S. occupation of Japan had dominated and sprawled across the places locals walk past every day. It proved to ...

TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Japan's factory activity fell at the fastest pace in 10 months on sluggish demand, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, with business confidence hitting a more than ...

Spend Feb exploring these new cafes and restaurants in Singapore, including those serving up traditional samgyetang and ...