Depending on whether you're after a scenting ritual ruled by refined subtlety or enveloping richness, there's a clear choice ...

While the world has been watching China's rise, Japan has been in the middle of its biggest defence shift since World War II. The move is seen as a shift away from the nation's pacifist constitution, ...

It’s the first of many fish I land (and release) on this two-hour excursion from the ski resort of Rusutsu on Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island. With January temperatures below zero, Yamaguchi has ...

No matter what city I find myself in, I end up unwittingly playing a silent olfactory game: Name that Le Labo terroir. There was a steady period in the 2010s when San Francisco’s Mission District ...

Punch, the baby macaque who became popular online after being abandoned by his mother and clinging to a stuffed toy for comfort, is getting air conditioning at his Japanese zoo as the country's ...

DEME, through its Japanese joint venture Japan Offshore Marine (JOM), has secured a contract for the Oga–Katagami–Akita Offshore Wind Project, covering engineering work and vessel charter services for ...

Tokyo — A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast Monday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to issue a tsunami alert for a wide section of coastline, though waves of ...

Japan’s plans to deploy missiles on its westernmost island, close to Taiwan, within five years will further add to the growing tensions with China, analysts say. Japanese defence minister Shinjiro ...

Faced with soaring ticket prices and bare slopes at many U.S. resorts, Americans are flocking to the island of Hokkaido, which gets up to 50 feet of snow a year. Mount Yotei dominates the horizon at ...

Skiing at Niseko Tokyu Grand HIRAFU should be on every skier’s bucket list. There’s enough snow to go around, and then some. Skiing at Niseko Tokyu Grand HIRAFU should be on every skier’s bucket list.

Though China and Japan are experienced in dealing with diplomatic crises, relations between the two neighbours appear to have reached a new low. And this time, their conflict may not be easily ...