Shunmyo Masuno creates gardens that blend Zen philosophy with contemporary design. Here are his favourite green spaces in ...

A surge of new arenas from Chiba to Yokohama reveals how Japan’s cities are betting big on live entertainment.

Explore Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture, offering a unique blend of island life, rich culture, and stunning natural ...

Enter Grama Seva Japan, the Tokyo-based group that's feeding the city's unhoused. Read on to learn more about the team's incredible work and how you can get involved. Disclaimer: The views expressed ...

I spent 4 nights at Yotel Tokyo Ginza, a hybrid robot hotel in Tokyo. The robot room service and check-in was novel, but it ...

While not enforced, the city of Toyoake is encouraging residents to limit their screen time to less than two hours, ...

When the coronavirus outbreak caused rice and instant noodles to disappear from supermarket shelves in Tokyo this year, Kaoru Okada, 36, decided to leave the capital because he was worried about food ...

Three new stations in the predominantly residential ward will improve rail access in areas of the capital currently ...

Near Nagoya, startup AirKamuy is building affordable cardboard “origami drones” as Japan accelerates defense innovation under ...

Reusing products and materials instead of discarding them is taking hold as a new consumption model in Japan. The market has been expanding steadily, supported by a growing number of local governments ...

Signs that people are moving away from Tokyo, as telecommuting becomes the norm for many business amid the COVID-19 pandemic, have put property investors on edge and pushed Japan's real estate ...

The Japanese capital is rolling out subsidies for epidurals in a country where cost is a barrier and women are often ...