The hollowed-out remains of Hiroshima’s Genbaku (A-bomb) Dome look eerily the same as they did 78 years ago, when the American military detonated an atomic bomb over this Japanese city – the first ...

When Kentaro Yokobori was born almost seven years ago, he was the first newborn in the Sogio district of Kawakami village in 25 years. His birth was like a miracle for many villagers. Well-wishers ...

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel plan to make it less lonely — replacing people with puppets. Fewer than 60 people live in Ichinono, and ...

I spent a year teaching English in Japan. The experience was thrilling and a total culture shock. Living in Japan as an American is a 24-hour immersive learning experience. I returned to the US for my ...

Make a wish—and see others’ dreams come true—amid thousands of daruma dolls at Katsuoji Temple. Get lost in the glowing orbs of the magical forest installation at teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka. Savor ...

A Japanese city will urge all smartphone users to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school under a proposed ordinance that includes no penalties. The limit—which will be recommended ...

Shiroki Mitsunari does not remember seeing bears in the picturesque Japanese mountain village of Shirakawa when he was a ...

Joe Fowler moved to Japan to teach English after a chance meeting with a recruiter. Twenty years later he says he wouldn’t ...