With everything from flying cars to hands-free wheelchairs, Japan is showcasing bold visions of tomorrow’s technology. (AP Video: Ayaka McGill) Participants sing Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” on the ...

The church obtained legal status as a religious organization in Japan in 1968 amid an anti-communist movement supported by Abe’s grandfather, former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.

You can take a forest walk, breathe in that earthy air and while you're in Saitama, don’t skip Sayama’s tea fields, where you can pick your own leaves like a local. This poetic film retells an iconic ...

In 2023, after months of meticulous planning, the founder and CEO of Japanese business aircraft operator OpenSky, Shigeto Honda, took delivery of Japan’s first Pilatus PC-12 NGX turboprop and PC-24 ...

iPhone fans in Japan don’t have to dig as deep into their pockets, with a new survey showing that they sell for about 20 percent cheaper in their country than the rest of the world. The direct ...

Still, Japan wants to turn the pinch into a chance. “I think the timing is actually quite fitting,” said Sachiko Yoshimura, head of Expo 2025 global communications.

It is no secret that a lot of forest land has been lost over the last few decades. But data from the Global Forest Watch (GFW), a private aggregator of global data on forests and data disseminated ...

Spring has officially arrived, and Japan’s iconic cherry blossoms, or sakura, are beginning to bloom across the country! As of April 17, 2025, the cherry blossom season has kicked off in much of ...

A major uptick in mail orders confirmed that L.L. Bean had found a committed fan base in Japan. Since the opening of that original Tokyo store, the brand has expanded to 25 locations in Japan.

Massive forest fires that broke out in Ehime and Okayama prefectures on March 23 continued raging on March 26, forcing widespread evacuations and threatening a power blackout. The forest fire ...

a unique nature experience program is underway at a park in Japan's Mie Prefecture. Ueno Forest Park in the Mie Prefecture city of Iga has been running the "Otanoshi Mori no Gakko" (fun forest ...