Kyoto has long been feeling the strain of overtourism, which not only places a burden on tourist sites but local residents, ...

Hoards of Chinese tourists sparked chaos as they converged on a level crossing in Japan. Footage shows holidaymakers crowding ...

Nintendo has announced that Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be hosting a limited Valentine's Day event in Japan.

"EUR/JPY downside remains interesting. Japanese nominal cash wages accelerated to 4.8% YoY in December, well above the 3.7% ...

Kazuo Ueda arrives at its headquarters in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (Japan Pool/Kyodo News via AP) People walk along a ...

Japan's growing tourism, set to hit 40 million visitors in 2025, boosts the economy but strains infrastructure, highlighting ...

As a kid who was unfamiliar with Japanese customs, I always assumed the colorful decorations to be a quirk of Animal Crossing rather than a reference to a holiday. When the windsocks appear ...

Her husband, who was standing at a distance, was unharmed. The accident occurred about 50 meters from a railway crossing in ...

The Hokkaido Railway temporarily suspended its train services following the incident in the coastal city of Otaru in Hokkaido ...

Tokyo is one of the most popular destinations on the planet, so it shouldn't be a shock to hear that there are heaps of ...

A tourist holidaying with her husband in Japan has been killed while taking photos on train tracks. The 61-year-old woman ...