Osaka’s “danjiri matsuri,” or float festivals, are considered one of the most dangerous events on Japan’s festival calendar.

Japan hs held a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, listed in July as a UNESCO World Heritage site after the ...

Japan has held a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines despite a last-minute boycott of the event by South Korea ...

Visitors look at display at Sado Kinzan Gold Mine historic site in Sado, Niigata prefecture, Japan, Saturday, Nov. 23 ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government said Saturday it will not attend a memorial service near Japan’s Sado ...

The 16th century mines on the island of Sado, about the size of the Pacific island of Guam, off the western coast of Niigata ...

In this episode of Focus, we explore Niigata's groundbreaking innovations, from turning rice into sustainable plastics to ...

I've skied mountains around the world, from the Canadian Rockies to the French Alps and beyond. Still, I'd never experienced ...

Karatsu has been a center of pottery production for hundreds of years. Takachiho Takachiho Gorge, the area’s most famous attraction, was formed by rapidly cooling lava flows. Nagasaki City During ...

Savvy travelers have plenty of ways to unplug and enjoy the natural beauty of Japan, especially by exploring its smaller ...

TOKYO, Japan – An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan’s struggle to cope with misbehaving visitors amid a boom in inbound tourism.

Japan is seeing a record boom in tourism, but one recent visitor travelled more than the circumference of the earth to get ...