When doing construction projects in Japan, it’s customary to have a Shinto priest come to the site to purify it, bestow a blessing upon the project, and pray for its safe completion. This practice is ...

NEC, Klook and Maruwa Transportation will begin offering ‘Travel Light’ service combining pre-checkin of a hotel with baggage ...

Japan equips trains with stab-proof umbrellas to combat knife crime. The West Japan Railway Company will install two on each ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Construction of a life-sized Gundam robot statue from the popular Japanese sci-fi anime "Mobile Suit Gundam" ...

Construction of a life-sized Gundam robot statue from the popular Japanese sci-fi anime "Mobile Suit Gundam" was completed this week at the venue of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka.

This year's first shipment of Beaujolais Nouveau wine arrived from France at Tokyo's Haneda airport and Kansai airport in Osaka on Wednesday. A spokesman for importer Suntory's wine division said ...

While fatal violent crimes are rare in Japan, the JR West officials are looking forward to making additional efforts to ...

Similar incidents have occurred outside Japan’s rail network. In 2016, a man named Satoshi Uematsu committed the deadliest ...

Airbus, Kansai Airports and Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Kawasaki) have signed a memorandum of understanding to study the ...

A full-size replica of a giant robot from the popular Japanese science fiction Gundam anime has been completed at the venue ...

Japan has unveiled blade-resistant umbrellas to enhance public safety on Japanese trains. Around 1,200 stab-proof umbrellas ...