Despite offering some of Japan’s most beautiful scenery, Shirakawa-ko isn’t all that famous. “Wait a second,” you might be saying, “isn’t that village in Gifu Prefecture with the thatched roofs one of ...

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Village officials have released an unusual tourism guidebook aimed at alleviating overtourism problems and concerns in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site here.

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--The Shirakawa village office will raise fees at municipal parking lots on Oct. 1 in hopes of thinning out the crowds of tourists here, which is part of a UNESCO World ...

Yuya Yagira stars as a young investigator from the city who becomes the sole police officer in a small Japanese village. Disney Much of the suspense of Gannibal‘s first season stemmed from Daigo ...

A STUNNED couple in one of Britain's busiest tourist destinations came home to find a Japanese family sitting down to a picnic in their lounge. The family from the Far East were among hundreds of ...

The number of people who died by suicide in Japan fell to its second-lowest level in 2024 since records began in 1978, according to a health ministry report based on National Police Agency ...

TOKYO, March 27 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday Tokyo will put "all options on the table" in dealing with Washington's announcement to impose a 25% tariff on ...

For the majority of 2025, Mina Shirakawa has been wrestling in STARDOM, but at the beginning of the year she battled Mercedes Mone at Wrestle Dynasty in a double title match for the NJPW STRONG ...

But the shooting of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe might have been the beginning of the end. His death sparked investigations that revealed the lengths the church was going to to fund ...

Top Japanese officials sent their condolences to Myanmar and Thailand on Sunday, a day after a huge earthquake killed more than 1,000 people. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a message to ...

The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are two traditional mountain villages located in the Shogawa river valley in the Gifu and Toyama prefectures of Japan. These villages are known ...