As the craft beer industry settles into a golden age of lager, brewers are flexing creative muscles to demonstrate the diversity of the category. Some revive rare regional lager styles, some reinvent ...

When you first step into Japan's Kyushu tombs, the first thing you notice is nothing at all. "When you enter, you're engulfed ...

In a century-old Japanese public bath, a DJ works the decks while naked men bathe behind him and students film the scene.Headphones on, 28-year-old DJ Zendo nods his head to the music at the bath -- ...

Every group of best friends needs to take girlfriend spa getaways. Leave the responsibilities behind and make amazing ...

Patina, in Osaka, Japan, opened in 2025 and is now the No. 1 hotel in the world, as voted in our “World’s Best Awards” survey for 2026.

Police in Ureshino City, Saga Prefecture, have arrested a 46-year-old unemployed man from Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture, on suspicion of disrupting business operations at a hot spring resort by ...

The Japanese government on Tuesday adopted a bill to revise the Imperial House Law to secure an adequate number of imperial family members. It would be the first substantial revision of the Imperial ...

A committee of Japan’s lower house passed a bill banning the desecration of the national flag, highlighting Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s efforts to win over the growing ranks of conservative voters ...

Masked agents handcuff and arrest men with blurred faces in the video, as the iconic Pokémon theme song reaches its chorus: "Gotta catch 'em all." It is a United States Department of Homeland Security ...

Sitting atop a rocky outcrop on Japan’s Izu Peninsula, the pool at Kuroneiwa-buro is so close to the Pacific that the waves are only just out of reach as they crash onto the boulders nearby. The hot ...