Population density is the number of people per unit of area. According to Our World in Data, the global average is 62 people ...

A massive bluefin tuna sold for some $1.3 million on Sunday at the first auction of the season at Tokyo's popular fish market, the ...

AOMORI—Heavy snow has blanketed the northernmost prefecture on the main island of Honshu, disrupting public transportation ...

Rebuilt in China, the Yabusa is expected to operate between Piraeus and Aegina after final outfitting in Greece ...

A world heritage listing - alongside new sparkling and fruity 'cocktail' types of sake - will be the beginning of a ...

Mount Fuji, an iconic symbol of Japan, is the tallest mountain and a popular destination for hikers. Japanese roads are ...

Many places from northern to western Japan experienced frigid temperatures on Sunday morning, with central Tokyo recording a sub-zero temperature, its coldest of the season.

At the end of February our now famous Japanese macaque, Honshu, captured the attention of people around the world when he ...

Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Tomiko Itooka, the woman recognized as the world's oldest living person, has died in Japan at the age of 116. Itooka's death in late December was confirmed by Britain's Guinness World ...

Japan boasts the world's longest underwater tunnel, which stretches for more than miles under the seabed of the Tsugaru Strait, but it's now barely being used. Work on the Seikan Tunnel was completed ...

Elsewhere in Asia, there have been further poultry outbreaks in Indonesia, Israel, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan.

From Espace The Hakone to the Hoshinoya Tokyo, we list the best hot spring hotels in Japan to check out this winter.