As overtourism strains Japan’s major cities, Gifu Prefecture offers travelers a slower, more intimate way to experience the ...

More than 20 percent of the population will be aged 75 or older in 46 of the nation’s 47 prefectures in 2050, highlighting the nation's rapidly accelerating aging trend, according to a new estimate.

Akita Prefecture sets along the Sea of Japan in the Tōhoku region in northern Honshū. It is Japan’s sixth largest prefecture by size. Largely mountainous, its main ranges are the north-to-south ...

The Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture is the most popular of the Mount Fuji climbing trails. The prefecture also has many good places to view the peak or take a picture, such as around the Fuji ...

On the north coast of Honshu Island, scenically hugging the coastline of the Sea of Japan and just a bullet train ride from Tokyo, Ishikawa Prefecture is a hidden gem amongst the better-known of Japan ...

NAGOYA—The Lexus LX, Toyota Motor Corp.’s luxury SUV, is not only popular among wealthy drivers, but it is also the preferred target of car thieves in Aichi Prefecture. One in every five LXs owned in ...

Following the 2011 accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the IAEA and the Fukushima Prefecture agreed to cooperate on radiation monitoring and remediation. The Practical ...

The post of prefect of the Papal Household has been vacant since the Vatican’s brief announcement in June 2023 that Archbishop Georg Gänswein’s term had ended the previous February. But in effect, the ...