Tourism has long fueled Kyoto's — and Japan's — economy, but the city now faces the growing pains of popularity. Today, this wildly popular Japanese city has been dubbed one of the world's "most ...

Many enjoyers of the food and culture of Japan fantasize about one day getting the chance to travel to Tokyo to enjoy everything the country has to offer. However, while you'll be able to experience ...

Japan is one of the world’s largest economies and a key destination and source country for foreign direct investment. Its cities each have their own industrial strengths, and in order – from the ...

Visitors often arrive in Japan with big expectations and just a bit of uncertainty. The country’s cities are dynamic and dense, with fast-moving transport systems and cultural details that can be ...

The Japanese city of Hatsukaichi in the Hiroshima Prefecture, home to the centuries-old Itsukushima Shrine, one of Japan’s UNESCO World Heritage sites, has introduced a new tax on visitors to its ...

Columbus welcomed international visitors from one of its sister cities Monday morning. A delegation of city officials from Miyoshi, Japan is visiting Columbus through Thursday, including Mayor Tasuku ...

Gearoid Reidy is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Japan and the Koreas. He previously led the breaking news team in North Asia, and was the Tokyo deputy bureau chief. Save Rice paddies that lay ...

Among all the landmarks of history, from Wittenberg or Waterloo to Lexington or West Berlin, none have burned more deeply into 20th century consciences than Hiroshima. With every U.S. or Soviet ...

Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during excavations in Ichijodani, one of medieval Japan’s largest cities. On the outskirts of Fukui, a city of a quarter of a million people in ...