No map. No smartphones. Just two motorbikes and some basic Japanese. These are the rules American game streamer Ludwig Ahgren ...

Japan’s parliament, the Diet, voted this week to make public high school free for all children. Tuition fees had been ...

Inspired by Nordic education and child-rearing practices, said to be among the best in the world, a unique nature experience ...

Oshima Island, where I work, is a 25-minute ferry ride away from the Fukuoka port, has a circumference of about 15 km, and a ...

Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital stayed above the central bank's target and accelerated in March on steady gains in ...

Last spring, the Japan National Tourism Organization reported back-to-back months with more than 3 million inbound visitors, ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 4 to 8 mph (6.4 to 12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 50 °F (10 °C). Sunny with a high of 76 °F (24.4 °C). Winds from SSE to SE at 4 to 13 mph (6.4 to 20.9 ...

We purchased a pleasingly oversized Rand McNally road atlas from a petrol station and as we set out I settled into the passenger seat, map spread across my lap ... I recently returned to Japan for the ...

[TOKYO] Japanese companies have agreed to raise pay by 5.4 per cent this year, the second tally of annual labour talk results from the country’s largest union umbrella group Rengo showed on Friday ...

Japan's health gains over the past 30 years are now stalling, with rising regional disparities. The increasing burdens of ...

Thai police have arrested a Japanese man suspected of running an international scam network, a senior officer said on Thursday, as authorities crack down on the illegal operations. Tetsuya ...