Instead of a single monolithic CBD, Tokyo’s downtown has been reshaped into a mosaic of distinct downtown districts with ...

As countries around the world move towards shorter workweeks, Japan's new four-day work policy shows how work-life balance is ...

If you’re one of the 36.8 million tourists who visited Japan last year, you likely arrived and departed through a Tokyo-area ...

In addition to the shorter workweek, the Tokyo administration introduced a new 'childcare partial leave' policy. Under this ...

It's never been a better time to visit Japan, and it can be an easy trip to plan. Don't stress about dinner reservations, and ...

Life in Tokyo, whether business or pleasure, revolves around trains and rail stations. Experts say that's no accident.

The technical term for the event is “coupling,” but it’s known colloquially as the “Shinkansen kiss.” For Japanese rail fans, it’s a big deal. For foreigners, it is a unique insight into the ...

The two Japanese men — a 32-year-old corporate worker in the city of Oita and a 34-year-old sole proprietor in Tokyo's Kita ...

Everyone goes to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Why not try spots like the bustling port of Yokohama or the serene monasteries of ...

As far back as the 14th century, the lush backyard of the contemporary Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo was called Tsubakiyama, or ...

Japan marked the 30th anniversary on Thursday of the sarin gas attack on Tokyo's subway that killed more than a dozen people and injured more than 5,800. A small group of Tokyo subway workers ...

(Mainichi/Koichi Yamashita) TOKYO (Japan) -- Japan on Thursday marked the 30th anniversary of the nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, with the relatives ...