A California woman, Kristina Schmidt, suffered a serious injury due to ego-lifting at the gym, causing her hip bone to break ...

Take your time in Japan away from Tokyo and head for part of the country far too few visitors ever experience.

U.S. Army Japan and the Japan Ground Self Defense Force close out North Wind 25, a bilateral cold-weather field training ...

Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...

“This classical dining form, emerging from the Muromachi period (13th to 14th century), stands as a cornerstone in the evolution of Kaiseki cuisine,” writes Honzen on the website. Here, customers ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

On Nov. 11, a Yasen-class nuclear-powered submarine passed through the Soya Strait, which separates Japan’s northernmost main ...

Researchers have succeeded in cultivating an ultra-small bacterial strain parasitizing archaea and classified it as new species and genus of Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus.

AIST researchers, in collaboration with JAMSTEC, Hokkaido University and Tohoku University, have succeeded in cultivating an ...

An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale struck Hokkaido, Japan’s second largest island, on Sunday, the ...