A new theme park centered around a UNESCO World Nature Heritage registered forest will open in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa in 2025, as more tourists flood into the country and consumers stage a ...

Tokyo — The pet of choice in Japan, as much as cuddly kitties and playful puppies, is the humble bug. The bug has been a key part of Japanese culture from the Heian era classic “The Tale of Genji” to ...

The word tsunami is now universally used to describe massive, devastating sea waves, but its origin lies deep within Japanese culture and language. Over time, global catastrophes forced the world to ...

Kei Uchida received funding from JSPS Kakenhi 20K20002. Masayoshi K. Hiraiwa does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this ...

Although Kagoshima is far from Japan's political, economic and cultural core, the prefecture has plenty of history, nature and cuisine to explore on your next trip. Kagoshima’s geography has had a ...

Shinrin-yoku is a Japanese practice of spending time in nature to improve our well-being, immersing ourselves in the forest ...

Last year a print of “Under the Wave off Kanagawa,” the near-ubiquitous image by Katsushika Hokusai better known as “The Great Wave,” sold at auction for $1.6 million, a record for the artist. In the ...

TOKYO (AP) — The pet of choice in Japan, as much as cuddly kitties and playful puppies, is the humble bug. ‘Forage of the future’: Minnesota’s StableFeed makes horse- and eco-friendly hay Bear, in ...