At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a ...

The cherry blossoms herald the full arrival of spring in Japan ... Kamakura’s official tree, and other varieties blooming in the hills that surround the city. In about a kilometer, the Buddhist temple ...

The wait is over! The globally celebrated Japanese dessert brand Warabimochi Kamakura has officially opened its doors at SM Megamall’s Level 3, Mega Fashion Hall. Known for its melt-in-your-mouth ...

Could Roki Sasaki be the next great Japanese player in the Majors? The 23-year-old will play alongside Ohtani and fellow countryman Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the defending World Series champions. With ...

One of the best spots to catch the blooming cherry blossoms is at Kotokuin, the temple where you’ll find the Great Buddha of Kamakura ... This beautiful Japanese garden in Yokohama was designed ...

Kinae Miyata speaks on behalf of the families of local victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake at an anniversary memorial service in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2025. (Mainichi ...

On March 11, 2011, Japan suffered an earthquake and tsunami of unprecedented proportions. The Great East Japan Earthquake was measured at a magnitude 9.0, the largest ever recorded in Japan's history.

However, after the Great Tokyo Air Raid, the inhumane operation of indiscriminate nighttime bombing from low altitudes using incendiary bombs was fully implemented with the aim of sapping the fighting ...

Once known as Japan’s political centre, this coastal town in Kanagawa Prefecture, less than an hour south of Tokyo is oozing with tradition and cultural treasures. Kamakura is famous for its Great ...

TOKYO, March 6 — The Japanese government plans to invite to Japan this summer stateless people born to Japanese nationals and left in the Philippines after World War II, to coincide with the ...