On New Year's Day, millions of people in Japan visit Shinto shrines to pray for good fortune. In summer, many return to their hometowns to honor ancestors in Buddhist rituals. Families often maintain ...

A recent study explores the plural, layered, and culturally rooted aspects of religion in Japan. This graphical representation shows the population distribution of Japanese people across different ...

In today’s global luxury market, Japanese whisky and craft gin are becoming more than simply alcoholic drinks. What people seek is no longer taste alone. Air, water, silence, craftsmanship, ...

Japan’s landscape is often described as mountainous, narrow, and shaped by water. Rivers cut through that landscape in ...

By Rocky Swift and Kentaro Okasaka TOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) - Nikka Whisky is betting the Japanese whisky boom has further to ...

From beach getaways to charming international escapes, these seven colocation destinations are ideal for beating India’s intense heat.

A Hokkaido company can't build its animatronic wolf fast enough as Japan faces record bear attacks and a shrinking rural population.

A major genetic analysis of over 3,200 Japanese individuals reveals a more complex ancestry than previously thought, ...

Japan is pushing the legal limit of ‘defence’ as it faces its ‘most severe and complex security environment’ since 1945.

Every first timer to Japan should see Tokyo and Kyoto, and for good reason. Kyoto is Japan’s most historically significant ...

Beyond cherry blossoms, Japan blooms year-round with sunflower fields, hydrangea shrines, lotus ponds and dreamy flower ...