East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has a name for its new overnight express train but not a starting date for operations ...

Yanai goldfish lanterns are a local folk craft made by pasting Japanese paper over bamboo frames to form the shape of a ...

The global rail booking landscape could be getting a major shake-up, with Omio Group announcing plans to acquire Rail Europe.

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force has shown to the media its naval mine warfare exercises being conducted in Mutsu Bay off the city of Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan. "We're training ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has shown to media part of its annual mine warfare exercise off the northeastern ...

Dancers move in perfect unison in front of a giant tachineputa float in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture. Ahead of the Goshogawara Tachineputa festival, a new large-scale float was unveiled in the city ...

Giant images created on a field of rice are now entering the best viewing season in a farming village in northern Japan.

The Michinoku Coastal Trail hosted a walking event in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Sunday, with 526 people trekking either a five-kilometer or eight-kilometer course.

The lumpy head of a bright pink balloon elephant fills a room, its trunk stretching out the door. Facing it is a spinning ...

Japan recorded more than 50,000 bear sightings nationwide in the most recent year counted, and officials are now examining ...

Rob Lea achieves the feat after completing a 40-kilometre swim between Japan's Honshu and Hokkaido islands.