Japan’s annual ritual of “mame-maki,” or bean-throwing, at Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and homes sees people marking ...

A small and picturesque port city ... in Japan are growing increasingly frustrated as the country grapples with overtourism and disruptive tourist behaviour, such as blocking roads for photos ...

The impact on residents has been significant and this fiscal year has been particularly severe,” a city ... to take photos,” local resident Hidetoshi Itagaki, 80, told the Japanese media ...

Fish have feelings too – at least if a lonesome sunfish in a Japanese aquarium is anything to go by. Animal caretakers at the Kaikyokan in the southern city of ... tank with photos of human ...

The woman was standing on railway tracks to take photos of the sea before being hit by a train in Otaru city in Hokkaido on Thursday, Xinhua news agency said, citing Japanese media. The tourist ...

The 61-year-old woman from Hong Kong was visiting Otaru, Hokkaido when she was hit by a train as she stood in a restricted area on the tracks to take photos of the ocean. She was rushed to ...

In 2015, Ogawa donated some of the pictures to Japan Airlines’ facility for safety training and education in Tokyo’s Ota Ward. The company opened the facility in 2006, mainly for its employees ...

TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for good ...

But an awareness is spreading in Japan that posting pictures of the youngsters could run against their wishes and even lead to legal problems down the road. “I’m not posting photos that show ...

a northern Japanese city in Hokkaido, has deployed security guards to address repeated instances of unruly behaviour by visitors. The development comes after complaints of crowds obstructing the ...

The shocking photos ... the city of Anda, in the Heilongjiang province in north China, was built in 1941 and was used by Unit 731 to test new biological weapons on human subjects during Japan's ...