From classic sights to lesser-known gems and transport tips to seasonal highlights, here’s the lowdown on visiting Japan.

The Ofunato wildfire, in Iwate prefecture, has more than doubled in size in the past three days to become Japan’s largest for 33 years, and as of Sunday covered about 1,800 hectares (4,500 acres).

Play as a clan supporting the Imperial throne (Choshu, Satsuma, Tosa), or the last Shogunate (Aizu, Nagaoka, Jozai) in a ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds W at 12 mph (19.3 kph). The overnight low will be 41 °F (5 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 48 °F (8.9 °C) and a 44% chance ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 41 °F (5 °C). Cloudy with a high of 55 °F (12.8 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph ...

The history of the Dutch trading post on Dejima began in 1609, when the Tokugawa shogunate granted the Netherlands trade rights with Japan and Dutch merchants set up a bare-bones trading house in ...

Yaesu was named after the navigator Jan Joosten van Lodensteyn, whose ship De Liefde drifted ashore in Japan in 1600 ... was received by soon-to-be shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Van Lodensteyn was ...

While the castle tower was rebuilt in the Showa era, the stone walls and moat remain unchanged from the Tokugawa period. Constructed with carefully quarried stones brought from across Japan, the walls ...

TOKYO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Japan's government approved on Tuesday new targets to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions through 2040, alongside a revised energy plan and an updated industrial ...