And of the many to be found across the country's main island, Honshu, three in particular stand out – the Nihon Sanmeien, or ...

It took them two weeks to complete the trip ... was not without its setbacks. With no map, they mistook Miyazaki in southeastern Kyushu for Shikoku, Japan’s fourth-biggest island, which is ...

On a visit to Tokyo this week, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth described Japan as America’s “indispensable partner” in deterring Chinese aggression. Yet, Japan and South Korea fared even ...

Japan’s parliament, the Diet, voted this week to make public high school free for all children. Tuition fees had been abolished in 2010, but then reinstated in 2013. The new measure, approved in ...

Wondering what to wear in Japan during your trip and what clothing is appropriate? The weather makes a huge difference in the kinds of clothes and accessories you'll want to pack! Plus, you'll want to ...

Hiroyuki Takahashi, chairman of JTB Corp. To promote overseas travel, the Japan Association of Travel Agents has launched a campaign to subsidize some of the cost of getting a new passport. According ...

Sachiyo Harada was walking down Paris’ Avenue de l'Opera when a young girl saw her, smiled and exclaimed, "Ah! You're the onigiri (rice ball) girl!” Harada was born in Hokkaido, but after 20 ...

This latest approval marks an important development for the ATTR-CM community, and we are pleased that patients living with this condition in Japan now have a new treatment option that offers early ...

Acoramidis is a selective small molecule, orally administered, near-complete (≥90%) transthyretin (TTR ... will be responsible for all commercial activity for Beyonttra in Japan. “There is significant ...

A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century. The map, drawn by ...