According to the Tohoku region’s Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, kokeshi (koh-keh-shee) originated in the late Edo period, which ended in 1868, in the area’s hot-spring villages, where ...

Chloe Jeffries, from Australia, reportedly died while on vacation in Japan following the accident on Saturday, Feb. 28 ...

After Fukushima, Japan shut down its nuclear reactors. Now, the country is returning to nuclear energy, seen as a reliable ...

Nine years have passed since the evacuation order was largely lifted, yet the village has struggled to regain its vitality. Of the 6,500 people who once lived here, only about 1,500 have returned. In ...

A photographed journey in the land of the rising sun reveals how japan preserves centuries-old tradition, while at the same ...

Ouchijuku and Shirakawa Go are two of Japan’s most charming traditional villages, each offering unique scenery and history.

A young girl has become the fourth Australian to die at a Japanese ski resort this northern winter after a tragic snowmobile ...

Eight-year-old Chloe Jeffries died after a snowmobile she and her mother were riding flipped, trapping her underneath it.

Village of Liberty police charged a man with rape on Feb. 23 after a woman walked into police headquarters and filed a ...

An eight-year-old Gold Coast girl has been killed in a snowmobile accident while holidaying with her family in Japan. Local media reported Chloe Jeffries died after the vehicle she was riding on with ...

Chloe Jeffries was holidaying with her family near Hakuba when she suffered fatal injuries while riding on a snowmobile; her ...

The Queensland netball community is in mourning after an eight-year-old Gold Coast schoolgirl died on the ski slopes of Japan ...