Japanese director Soda Kazuhiro has made documentaries about fishing villages and the impact of modernisation. This time he's ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ...

A Japanese shrine that gained attention from Ghost of Tsushima fans bans all tourists after what's being called an ...

Many people visit the shrine, not only from Japan but also from overseas. The early-blooming plum trees are in full bloom, and about half of all the trees there have flowers. In addition ...

TOKYO, March 6 — The Japanese government plans to invite to Japan this summer stateless people born to Japanese nationals and left in the Philippines after World War II, to coincide with the ...

Catholics in the Philadelphia region are encouraged to encounter and experience three of the city’s major shrines through a special passport program marking Jubilee Year 2025 in the Catholic Church.

Designated as Japan's first "National Cycling Route" in 2019, Shimanami Kaido, webbed with fishing harbours, hillside citrus orchards and historic shrines, is often regarded as one of the world's ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan is fighting an extensive forest fire in northern Japan which has damaged dozens of homes and forced ...

An annual spring Shinto festival has started at a shrine near Lake Biwa in Japan's western prefecture of Shiga. The first in a series of rituals of the Sanno Festival was held on Sunday at the ...

Japan takes a very different approach to resume writing than what we might be used to back home. There are two major hiring seasons in Japan: early spring and late summer. However, it is never too ...