After coming to a standstill at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic with the closure of borders, international tourism was firmly back on the agenda in 2024.

California was once a hotbed of Japanese wine producers, until 20th-century legislation boxed them out. Over a hundred years later, a comeback is underway.

As the demand for travel shows few signs of slowing, overtourism is poised to remain a critical challenge for visitors, ...

The popular travel destination of Kyoto in Japan is significantly raising accommodation tax in an attempt to curb overtourism ...

On the shores of Lake Shoji in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, amateur photographers set ... Jomon Period Indonesia Launches Free School Meal Program with Support from Japan; Ishiba Currying ...

A 7-year-old girl drowned after she fell into a river and drowned in Kai City, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Sunday. Police said the girl, Yuzuki Fujiki, was walking her dog with three friends along the ...

Japan is staring down a demographic cliff. The population has shrunk for 15 straight years, with births hitting a record low of 730,000 last year and deaths a record high of 1.58 million.

(Mainichi/Tatsuki Noda) KOFU -- A corner of Fujikawaguchiko, a town in Yamanashi Prefecture with a view of Japan's iconic Mount Fuji, has been hit with waves of foreign tourists. At one spot in ...

Full story. Town near Mt. Fuji blocking view of peak at Lawson store photo spot amid 'overtourism' KOFU -- A corner of Fujikawaguchiko, a town in Yamanashi Prefecture with a view of Japan's iconic ...

SIOUX CITY — Sioux City council members Julie Schoenherr, Alex Watters and Matthew O'Kane traveled to Yamanashi City, Japan, in late October. The purpose of the trip to Sioux City's sister city ...

As 2024 nears its end and we look back on the year in entertainment, it was clearly one when Japan-related works loomed large on the global market. It is a diverse group of works. Some were made ...