This Japanese Island Is Hiding Some of the Country's Best Hot Springs — Where to Soak Some of Japan's best onsens are on the southern island of Shikoku.

Tokushima has a reputation for tasty ramen and chikuwa (fish paste pressed onto bamboo) but it has never been known for its fine dining. With Hyakunen Umi, visitors now have a chance to experience ...

The Tokushima District Public Prosecutors Office has indicted a 45-year-old man over the murder of a 37-year-old woman whose body was found partially buried on a riverbank in Naka town, Tokushima ...

Tokushima Prefecture, in the eastern part of Shikoku Island, is renowned as a heartland of traditional fermentation. It is especially famous for its indigo dyeing tradition which brought ...

What, exactly, is the “value” of a work of art? I have been asking myself this question since I read an Asahi Shimbun story about the Tokushima Modern Art Museum’s announcement that an oil ...

As the cherry blossoms bloom in spring, our cyclist Bobby rides through Tokushima Prefecture from the coast to its hidden mountain valleys. He enjoys the spectacular views from coastal roads. High ...

A local council in Tokushima set a record when it raised the prefecture's hourly pay from the current 896 yen ($6.18) to 980 yen in this fiscal year’s minimum wage revision.

Tokushima Prefecture, on the eastern end of Shikoku, is a center of traditional indigo dying and is home to historic temples, steep gorges, and the lively Awa Odori festival.

TOKUSHIMA -- The population in Tokushima Prefecture in western Japan has dropped below 680,000, shrinking to a level in the 1920s, according to the prefectural government.

Completed in 2016 in Itano District, Japan. Images by Toshiyuki Yano. “Cover” that wears the environment This office building is located in a residential area in Itano district, Tokushima ...