Explore the abandoned Hashima Island, Japan—also known as Battleship Island—through stunning drone footage. Once a thriving ...

RIKUBETSU, Hokkaido—Residents of this inland community of 2,200 are relieved and delighted to see their municipality defend its title as “the coldest town in Japan” for the fifth year in a row.

In the fall of 2020, the town of Tsushima’s Watazumi Shrine was damaged by a typhoon that struck the area, destroying one of its torii gates that rises out of the bay waters adjacent to the shrine. In ...