This farming town of around 9,300 people has learned it needs financial help to accommodate the 2 million tourists who flood ...

The Bed-Stuy “aquarium” is back. The neighborhood’s beloved sidewalk fish pond was resurrected this week — in an act of defiance that comes just five days after the city cemented over the ...

Police in Hokkaido have arrested two additional suspects — a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old — in connection with the assault and death of Tomoya Hase, a 20-year-old college student ...

An animator who worked on Blue Lock season 2 has offered insight into its animation woes. In a new TikTok video, Martin Reyes – who says he worked on five episodes of the soccer anime – has ...

which has the best water quality in Japan. Shuttle bus available from Shikotsu Lake Bus Terminal (reservation required). Marukoma Onsen Ryokan is located on the shores of Lake Shikotsu in Hokkaido.

Crimson autumn leaves in the morning sunshine are reflected on the water at Tsutanuma Pond in Towada-Hachimantai National Park ... Majority Chinese Rights Lawyer’s Wife Seeks Support in Japan; Sophie ...

This 2014 aerial photo shows what looks like an unusually large and deep puddle of vibrant blue meltwater sitting on top of an unnamed Alaskan glacier. Similar melt ponds are becoming more common ...

The striking melt pond, which is littered with hundreds of tiny icebergs, is around 2,300 feet (700 meters) across at its widest point. The pool's vibrant blue color makes it seem like it is ...

The America-Japan Society of Hokkaido, one of the region’s most prominent international organizations, celebrated its 70th anniversary in September with a look back on the past and an eye toward ...

NEW YORK − A tiny, makeshift fish pond fed by a leaky fire hydrant thrived for weeks on a Brooklyn sidewalk while drawing intense social media buzz only to be unceremoniously paved over by the city.

By Motoko Rich Kiuko Notoya and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Japan’s governing party lost its majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday, as voters delivered an emphatic rejection of the ...

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed almost continuously since 1955, has lost its parliamentary majority in the powerful lower house for the first time in 15 years. Public anger ...