This is your definitive guide to the city’s best neighbourhoods and most stylish hangouts, writes Michelle Tchea Pulsating.

Japan saw 36.9 million international visitors in 2024, up 47.1% on the previous year, surpassing the 2019 record of 31.9 million, immediately before the pandemic put the brakes on leisure travel.

With record visitor numbers in 2024 putting strain on Japan's tourist hotpots, here are four places to visit far away from ...

A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the ...

About 3,500 people gathered at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Friday to see sumo yokozuna grand champion Hoshoryu perform his first ring-entering ceremony. He was promoted to the sport's highest ...

Otaru, a northern Japanese city in Hokkaido, has deployed security guards to address repeated instances of unruly behaviour by visitors. The development comes after complaints of crowds obstructing th ...

Grand Hyatt Tokyo can be found in the heart of the city’s upscale Roppongi Hills district. Nearby attractions such as Tokyo Tower, the Meiji Jingu Shrine, and the bustling Ginza district are easily ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The nativity scene inside the National Shrine of St. John Neumann in Northern Liberties has been a fixture every Christmas season for the past several decades. Church ...

Japanese life insurer Meiji Yasuda has decided to raise annual salaries by 5 percent on average beginning in April. The move comes amid intensifying competition to secure workers. The increase for ...

Tales of the miraculous have always encircled the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine. The story of its 1950 founding goes that the spiritual guru Paramahansa Yogananda purchased the 10-acre ...