LED lanterns with 'Wish for the Future' messages rose into the sky during the 'Tokyo Tomorrow Project' in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON. FOOTAGE OF THE ...

Orange light glimmering from the lanterns created a magical scene, mesmerizing the visitors. A man in his 30s who came from the western Japanese city of Kobe with his family said he was moved ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Erik Buhrow, who bought a house in Japan's Niigata Prefecture through AkiyaMart ...

But this beautiful prefecture has a lot more to offer visitors. It is home to Japan’s oldest Chinatown. Each year, people celebrate this rich culture during the Nagasaki Lantern Festival, which lasts ...

Japan’s winning creations drew on a number of traditional elements, including Kyomi orange, rice-based wafers, and a recurring dragonfly theme. Team Italy, meanwhile, used Amalfi lemons and ...

NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan--Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, visiting light installations and snacking on ...

He notes that the incline far surpasses that of the steepest cable car in Japan—the famed cable car on nearby Mount Takaosan in Tokyo’s Hachioji city—which is only 31 degrees. The monorail ...

Ishikawa Prefecture has seen an increase in applications for publicly funded demolition of houses damaged by the January 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake that hit the prefecture. Since many of the ...

The yearly changes table looks at the last quarter's/month's index values for a given year and compares it with the same quarter/month of the previous year to gauge the change in house prices during ...

Mazda is a Japanese automaker founded in 1920 as the Toyo Cork Kogyo Co and only started producing vehicles in 1931 when it made the Mazda-Go auto rickshaw. The Japanese automaker's first official ...