There are almost 400 Michelin-starred restaurants in Japan, and the best meals are often found locally. To find them, you ...

A small, old castle was found in the mountains of Hyogo Prefecture in March. Researchers found the castle using artificial ...

There are a lot of mixed pixels in the remotely sensed imagery, which can seriously limit the utility of classification. Sub-pixel mapping (SPM) is a promising technique to solve this problem. It can ...

The museum preserves the gnome-like carvings — known as the Zizi Forest Fairies — created by sculptor Akimitsu Tomonaga for ...

The historical issues in East Asia have long been a blindspot for the United States. Time to start paying attention.

Directions: About a one-minute walk from the entrance of the Iwakuni train station. Hours: Open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays ...

Japan hosts the world’s most powerful quantum–classical setup with IBM’s Heron processor and Fugaku supercomputer.

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are scheduled to make a state visit to Mongolia from July 6 to 13 in what will be the fir ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun The Emperor and Empress offer flowers at the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Naka Ward, Hiroshima, on Thursday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 17:07 JST, ...

Japan’s imperial family is the world’s oldest monarchy — but it’s also one of the most fragile. With only three heirs, no reigning empress allowed and billions of yen in taxpayer funding at stake, the ...

Japan’s parliament has failed to reach common ground on a revision of imperial family norms as a succession crisis looms over the future of the household. Since last year, Lower House speaker ...