Experiencing Japan’s world-famous high-speed train network takes us on an incredible journey from Osaka to Hiroshima aboard ...

Misinformation surrounding Japan's growing anti-immigration stance has spread across the region, with the latest instance ...

Japan’s official homeless count has fallen 90% since 2003. But thousands living in internet cafés, cars and friends’ couches ...

A recently introduced Shinkansen high-speed train is set to add several exclusive private cabins over the next few months.

Japan’s four-mile Sagano Romantic Train just topped the charts as the world’s most beautiful ride. According to recent travel ...

Starting May 2026, international travellers will be able to get their hands on a brand-new prepaid travel card called TOURIST ...

A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.5 (revised from initial reported magnitude of 7.4) struck Japan, off ⁠the northeastern ...

The goal is to increase the export value of Japanese live-action to about 30 times the 2023 level. Read more at ...

For many people in Japan, the country’s regular tremors are not a big deal. Officials are urging them to prepare for the next ...

A memorial ceremony was held Saturday to mourn more than 100 victims of a fatal train derailment accident that occurred in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, exactly 21 years ago. Bereaved ...

Take Venice, for instance, which doubled its controversial tourist tax last year. Or Tenerife’s new eco-tax for hikers on select popular trails in Teide National Park. So, it was only a matter of time ...

JR group companies will raise prices for its Japan Rail Pass, a ticket aimed at foreign tourists that allows unlimited travel on trains across Japan, including most shinkansen (bullet train) services.