Not long ago, Tomohiro Endo, 45, a company employee who makes guitars for a living, started crafting pieces for shogi — a Japanese board game similar to chess — as a hobby. And in just 18 months, he ...

In Nagano province, the black silhouette of Matsumoto Castle stands out against the snowy horizon of the Japanese Alps. This ...

Linking mountainous Matsumoto and coastal Kanazawa, this clunkily named route includes nonetheless fantastic sites.

After both aircraft received onboard warning indicators on Tuesday, an MV-2B Osprey and an F-35B Lightning II separately ...

The Osprey transport aircraft of the US military, known for crashes, made an emergency landing Tuesday at an airport in Japan, forcing authorities to temporarily close the facility, Jiji Press ...

Nagano, March 25 (Jiji Press)--A U.S. Osprey military transport aircraft made an emergency landing at Matsumoto Airport in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano around 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Another ...

There is plenty in the world for avid travellers to discover, especially as more destinations attract infrastructure ...

This is the third and final installment of a series that examines the scars left by the Aum Supreme Truth cult’s chemical attack on the Tokyo subway system on March 20, 1995, and explores the lessons ...

Japan's health gains over the past 30 years are now stalling, with rising regional disparities. The increasing burdens of ...

The attack remains one of the most shocking atrocities in Japan, a country known for its low crime rates ... Asahara was found in a hidden compartment. Born Chizuo Matsumoto in 1955, Asahara founded ...

Japan on Thursday marked the 30th anniversary of the nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the AUM Shinrikyo ...

That year, I returned to Japan, met a woman ... for both victims of the subway attack and the earlier attack in Matsumoto, Nagano, in June 1994. It aims to help victims communicate with each ...