Japanese tourism is booming. After a collapse from 2020 to ’22 due to Covid restrictions, the industry bounced back to nearly 37 million visitors in 2024, the highest ever, and 2025 was on track to ...

Higashi-Omi, Japan — He's a familiar face on Japanese residential roads — a cherubic yet intense cartoon boy, with helmet hair and enormous beady black eyes, body tensed and ready to dart out into ...

The 40-year-old Japanese Garden of Peace in Fredericksburg, Texas, is a living memorial to friendship and a gift from Japan to the United States. The Japanese Tea Garden in San Antonio was shaped ...

Due to the extensive damage in Japan caused by the massive earthquake and resultant tsunami on March 11, many have questioned if the island nation can recover in a year, much less a few months. If the ...