The Ichikawa City Zoo is in Ichikawa, which is in the Chiba Prefecture, just east of Tokyo. It's part of the Tokyo ...

A Japanese city has received a hefty donation to help fix its ageing water system: 21kg (46lb) in gold bars. The gold bars, worth an estimated 560 million yen ($3.6m; £2.7m), were given last November ...

This underrated Japanese city is perfect for escaping overtourism - Delectable marbled beef dishes, hot springs and sake – but minus the crowds. This port city is Japan’s best-kept secret, says Venus ...

Visitors often arrive in Japan with big expectations and just a bit of uncertainty. The country’s cities are dynamic and dense, with fast-moving transport systems and cultural details that can be ...

Osaka has received an unusual donation -- 21 kilograms of gold -- to pay for the maintenance of its ageing water system, the ...

Japan is one of the world’s largest economies and a key destination and source country for foreign direct investment. Its cities each have their own industrial strengths, and in order – from the ...

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 ...

The Japanese government aims to convert at least 25% of all its farmland to organic by 2050, a significant jump from just 0.5% in 2020. Researchers found that urban and semi-urban farmers in Tokyo ...

Fukuoka, Japan’s sixth largest city by population, has more open-air food stalls than the rest of the country combined. These stalls are called yatais, and they’re an indelible part of what makes ...