Hundreds of residents gathered at Kurihama beach outside Tokyo over the weekend to pray for marine safety in a summer ...

Kōtoku-in, selected by Travel + Leisure as one of Japan’s most stunning temples, is one of the biggest tourist draws in town, ...

Looking for a day trip from Tokyo? Visit Sawara in Chiba for canal rides, historic float festivals, and delicious local eel ...

Kawagoe is a Japanese city northwest of Tokyo famous for its old clay warehouses from the Edo period and its unique street ...

Okutama — formed when the town of Hikawa and the villages of Kori and Ogochi merged — sits on the western end of Tokyo and has an area of 140 square miles.

TOKYO—Kazutaka Niijima is in charge of giving away houses in Tokyo. It isn’t as easy as it sounds. On a recent morning, Mr. Niijima visited one of his properties, a century-old wooden house on ...

URAYASU, JAPAN — Nearly four weeks after Japan's great earthquake, most of the 100,000 residents of this low-lying seaside town still have no plumbing. They relieve themselves in plastic bags ...

Watch a clip from the Japanese film "Our Little Sister," starring Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, and Kaho. Photo: Sony Pictures Classics If you’re looking for something to lift you up and take ...