Japan's Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court's acquittal of a man charged with committing a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of a middle school student in 2015, citing his failure to ...

THESE must be two of the most delicious reviews I have ever written: one is a documentary called The God of Ramen and the other is a full-length feature film The Bread of Happiness. The docu, for all ...

The US dollar hit a two-month low against the Japanese yen into the upper-JPY 151 range on Thursday in Tokyo after the Bank o ...

The Bank of Japan should raise its policy interest rate, currently at 0.5 percent, to at least around 1 percent in the latter ...

The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, hawkish ...

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Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea announces its newest culinary addition, KOMO, where masterful Japanese cuisine comes alive in a setting that captures Maui’s legendary glow. The intimate 50-seat ...

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Karuizawa is stepping into the travel destination spotlight at Japan Expo Thailand 2025, which takes place at CentralWorld, Ratchadamri Road, from Feb 7-9.The picturesque resort town in eastern Nagano ...

TOKYO >> Hotels and restaurants in the popular Hakuba ski resort village are packed to capacity amid a surge in international tourists on the slopes, and visitors to the village are expected to grow ...

NAGANO — One person was killed and two others injured in a stabbing attack in front of JR Nagano Station at around 8 p.m. Wednesday. The perpetrator is still at large. Investigative sources said ...

Nagano is the capital of Nagano Prefecture. It is about 225km west of Tokyo and a popular winter sports destination.