As Japan's dwindling population increasingly migrates to cities, 450 rural schools close each year. Now, some are being ...

A new wave of big private equity players including KKR & Co is moving in on Japan's property market, drawn by attractive yield spreads with Japan's low interest rates and by prospective deals with ...

A Tokyo bathhouse is offering classes on topics ranging from comedy to gaming in hopes of luring younger bathers and reversing Japan’s dying tradition of communal baths. During one recent ...

How Japan's 'cat lit' lures fans abroad. Books about felines leave an outsize pawprint at home and abroad. Japanese poet and novelist Takashi Hiraide's cat Uzuki strikes a literary pose.

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- After a hiatus of 10 years, ... Classic Japan hotel lures guests with seasonal Instagrammability. Fujiya Hotel, host to Charlie Chaplin and John Lennon, ...

Japan’s Train Lovers Are Snapping Up Shares in a Beloved Metro. Perks that include free tempura toppings and golf are luring retail investors to the country’s biggest initial public offering ...

Onosato, 24, is the first Japanese sumo wrestler to achieve the rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, in years, and he's vowed not to "disgrace the title." ...

Shohei Ohtani’s star power lures Japanese tourists to Los Angeles. Fans of the Dodgers phenom are coming by the thousands, despite the weak yen.

Thailand legalizes growing and consuming marijuana 01:18. Bangkok — A Japanese tourist reaches into a baggie of cannabis he's just bought in a central Bangkok weed shop, pulling out a gram of ...

May 21—For Angelo Leo, the opponent was mandatory (sort of, as explained below). The fight site was voluntary. Why, then, is Leo defending his International Boxing Federation featherweight title ...

Hotel prices in Japan soared to a near three-decade high in March, as the cheap yen and the cherry blossom season attracted a record number of tourists to the country. The average daily room rate ...