YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa -- Over 80% of university students who responded to this east Japan city's happiness survey indicated that ...

Good to know: In winter, dress warmly. All visitors are required to sit on the temple’s chilly floor and use a calligraphy ...

Under the current system, rubbish collectors place yellow “violation stickers” on bin bags that don’t have properly ...

The 81-foot-long mini-submarine drew crowds in Pomona, Corona, Riverside, San Bernardino and Redlands just before Christmas ...

New Year's Day marks the third time the Kyoto Tachibana Senior High band will perform at Rose Parade. Bands from Mexico, ...

Postal workers in a western Japanese city delivered New Year's greeting cards in a neighborhood near a famous temple on ...

Residents in Kamikatsu, a Japanese town with an ambitious zero-waste goal, proudly sort their rubbish into 45 categories. Kagoshima prefecture has made it mandatory for residents to write their names ...

Tokyo has captured the imagination of countless creatives throughout history, from Anthony Bourdain (who said if he had to ...

Visitors to a zoo in this central Japan city can see monkeys warming themselves around a bonfire on weekends and holidays ...

A Texas city made an appearance on Booking.com's predictions for trending destinations in the new year. And it's the only one ...

Waymo’s expansion into Japan “aligns with the country’s vision for the future of transportation,” according to the company, ...

But I had the same experience in Tokyo and in other towns and cities across Japan this past summer: excellent service, outstanding food at bargain prices (thanks to the historically weak yen), and no ...