W ander around Paris on a Monday without dinner plans, and you may be stuck eating a vending machine baguette. Parisian chefs ...

The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited. The Senso-ji Temple sees about 30 million annual visitors and its inception dates all the way back to year 628. Despite its claim to ...

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The Dodgers Japanese trio of Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki will take the field against the Cubs duo of Seiya Suzuki and Shota Imanaga in their homeland for the first time as ...

A "great bathing" event to clean one of the largest bronze statues of Kobo Daishi in Japan was held at Imayama Daishi temple in the city of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, on March 26. The statue is ...

A weeping cherry tree, which is said to be 600 years old, is blooming at a temple northwest of Tokyo. There are about 30 weeping trees at the Seiunji temple in the city of Chichibu, Saitama ...

In 1941, when the Japanese government was salvaging metal from wherever it could for the looming Pacific War, the nation’s largest Buddhist group readily handed over its temple bells for the ...

Last year, the Padres and Dodgers got the MLB regular season started early with two games in South Korea. This year, it’s the Cubs and Dodgers kicking things off the week before league-wide ...

The top diplomats of China, South Korea and Japan will meet in Tokyo this weekend for talks, the countries said Tuesday. Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said the three "important neighbors have a ...

Japanese hot springs—better known as onsens—are prized for their zen experience, with travelers coming from around the world to lounge in natural pools and bliss out. The country is home to ...

Escape Tokyo crowds by heading to an underrated mountain town rich in culture and history. Explore the quaint streets while ...

U.S. President Donald Trump complained Thursday that his country's bilateral security arrangement with Japan, signed in 1960, was one-sided. In response, Japan pointed out the cooperative nature ...