Looking for something to do while you're on break? Here are some of 2025 Golden Week Events in Japan from north to south.

TOKYO, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A norovirus outbreak has sickened 140 people at Hotel Daiheigen, a hot spring resort in Japan's Hokkaido, local media reported Saturday. The source of the outbreak was ...

Cherry blossoms of the Somei-Yoshino variety have started blooming in a town on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. Officials in Matsumae Town on the southern tip of the island announced on ...

A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese port Monday for the Sea of Okhotsk to hunt 25 fin whales. The crew of the ship, which left Shimonoseki port, plans to start hunting fin whales in the ...

A fossilized tooth of a cartilaginous fish found in Japan's northernmost prefecture Hokkaido in 2013 is of a newly discovered ...

While most of Japan‘s politicians have backed Ukraine in the war with Russia, nonetheless, at least one legislator is willing ...

The number of foreign visitors to the country hit an all time high of 36.8 million last year, according to data from the Japan National Tourism Organization. The surge in tourism has piled pressure on ...

If you're in Tokyo and hear of cherry blossoms in Kyoto, remember it's only a couple of hours by high-speed bullet train. You will be following the crowds no doubt, but it would be worth the effort.