Looking for something to do while you're on break? Here are some of 2025 Golden Week Events in Japan from north to south.

Pyrotechnic artworks from the Omagari fireworks festival here will illuminate the sky over the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo venue ...

OTSU -- The first "democratic school" in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, opened here this month, amid a growing trend in the ...

For the fourteenth year running, Japan's population has slumped to a record low. The non-foreign population dropped by nearly ...

Japan is full of charming, quirky surprises—and if you thought trains were just a way to get from point A to point B, you’ve ...

Japanese eki stamps (station stamps) are a charming feature of Japanese railway culture. Beloved by visitors and oshi-tetsu ...

The revenue-sharing services will offer flights to new destinations in Japan including Akita, Aomori, Komatsu and more.

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we talk to companies who say their robots will be essential to grow ...

First, the teal green Tohoku Shinkansen “Hayabusa” — one of Japan’s world-famous bullet trains — arrives at the platform. It ...

Trouble between a passenger and a conductor aboard a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line in northeastern Japan ...

An overnight package that lets you play with an Akita dog in the snow and visit a sake brewery YUZAWA, Japan, April 07, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yuzawa Royal Hotel and AKITA Geo Tour Co., Ltd. have ...

If you are planning to travel to Akita or any other city in Japan, this airport locator will be a very useful tool. This page gives complete information about the Akita Airport along with the airport ...