Meet the mistress of Nara’s last geisha house — a remarkable woman who’s on a mission to keep this complex tradition alive in ...

Sapporo is the capital city of Hokkaido and the fifth-largest city in the country. As Japan’s most northern island, Hokkaido ...

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A truck and its driver were swallowed by a sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool which appeared at a busy intersection ...

TOKYO – The Japanese city of Osaka on Jan 27 imposed a smoking ... In 2018, ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese capital outlawed smoking in all restaurants. Smoking outdoors remains ...

Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be from World War II from a construction site in Okinawa’s ...