KYOTO, Japan — The videos fill up space on YouTube, the photos running for page after page on Google Images. Japan as a place of death and destruction, massive brown-blue waves, shaking high-rises, ...

A dolphin pool, a penguin park and a giant wave pool could soon join the historic buildings and ancient Buddhist temples in Kyoto, Japan’s former imperial capital. As early as June, work will begin on ...

Plan Ahead: Thanks to its scenic setting and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (it's part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto), it should come as no surprise that Kiyomizu-dera Temple is a ...

KYOTO—Researchers may have uncovered the ruins of one of the largest ancient cafeterias for a Buddhist temple in the Nara Period (710-784). The Kyoto prefectural board of education made the ...

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama plays the taiko drum with the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club members Friday during her visit to Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto in western Japan. Taiko drums are ...