Kyoko Watanabe moved to Miyagi Prefecture to help with disaster relief efforts following 3/11. She ended up building a ...

With the number of foreigners working in Japan increasing, the highest increases are being seen not in urban but in rural ...

The government plans to expand eligibility to include people taking up jobs in agriculture, medicine and welfare, as well as ...

Nissan has developed an autonomous driving system that can now handle the UK's unpredictable country roads. It took me out ...

Unexpected detours, cultural wanderings and happy supermarket sprees are all part of the fun. Here's what our Japan road trip ...

In fact, companies such as Toyota and Fanuc have set global benchmarks in industrial automation. These innovative measures ...

The 70km Shimanami Kaido, webbed with fishing harbours, hillside citrus orchards and historic shrines, is often regarded as ...

In Japan, a smelly waste product is being reimagined as a potential clean fuel of the future that is powering cars and ...

While Japan's convenience store market may be considered oversaturated in terms of the sheer number of stores, major operator ...

Japan’s largest travel agent, JTB Corporation, has unveiled plans to dispatch chefs to small- and medium sized accommodations ...

During their one-day stay, 1,700 tourists from Japan will be divided into groups for excursions to Ha Long Bay, the city ...

A year after a natural disaster, the resilient artisans of Japan’s Noto Peninsula are forging ahead—with great help from the ...