I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

The highspeed bullet train takes center stage in Shinji Higuchi’s new film, “Bullet Train Explosion,” premiering on Netflix ...

The Tokyo stock market has been the worst performing major equity market year-to-date, in part because Japan's exporters have been hit hard by tariffs. Toyota, the country's largest company ...

TOKYO, - Japan must strengthen the yen, such as by helping boost the country's industrial competitiveness, as the currency's weakness has pushed up households' living costs, the ruling party's ...

Visitors queue at the entrance of Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, on April 13, 2025 [Chermaine Lee/Al Jazeera] The Osaka Expo risks repeating the “failure” of the Tokyo Olympics, said Morinosuke ...

Deep soaking tubs positioned by floor-to-ceiling windows turn Tokyo's skyline into meditation object. The property recently enhanced its wellness offerings with traditional Japanese therapies ...

Photograph by Aflo Co. Ltd., Alamy Stock Photo Every year, around one million people attend Tokyo’s Sumida River Fireworks Festival, the largest and most popular fireworks festival in Japan.

Not so much, as Japanese markets brace for the Trumpian headwinds to come. Team Ishiba hasn't been paying attention if it didn’t see this indignity coming. Part of the problem here is how Tokyo ...

Japan has no shortage of Godzilla tributes and merchandise, with entire stories dedicated to the King of Monsters, theme parks, mosaics, and even a life-size statue of his head in Tokyo.

I'm an American who moved to Tokyo in search of a new beginning. Japan's work culture can be intense, but I've been presented with amazing opportunities in Tokyo. There's so much to love about the ...