NARA--Japan’s first “prison hotel” will open here in the spring of 2026, offering amenities that its former inhabitants could only have dreamed of when it was built more than a century ago.

20, 2024. (Mainichi/Yasuhiro Tanabe) NARA -- Nara Park in this western Japan city is enjoying a tourist renaissance in the post-COVID and weak yen era. Even more than the area's famed temples ...

The Japanese government has recommended ancient capitals located in current-day Nara Prefecture as candidates for UNESCO's World Heritage list ... Help us improve health care in Japan. Join our ...