Only 17.5 per cent of Japanese have a passport, as some also cite convenience, abundant tourist resources for preferring to ...

Japan has 16 fixed national holidays throughout the year. However, in 2026 there will be 17, due to a rule that if an ordinary working day falls between two holidays, it becomes a “bonus” holiday.

THE world’s best cities outside of Europe have been revealed in a new study. Speaking to 1,500 people, Which analysed 2,500 city visits which were outside of Europe. The research looked at ...

The number of foreign visitors to Japan in January surged 40.6 percent from a year earlier to a record 3.78 million, as ...

Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu has died. Picture: Valery HACHE / AFP “During the Lunar New Year, our family came to Japan for vacation,” Dee Hsu said in a statement. “My dearest sister Barbie ...

Travel to Japan has exploded in recents years. Sustainable tourism advocates say the country needs to be proactive at ...

But the main event is on the slopes – here’s where to go for the ultimate ski holiday in Japan. A two-hour bullet train ride from Tokyo in the southwestern end of Niigata Prefecture in central ...

Japan saw its highest monthly number of foreign visitors to date in January, mainly due to a jump in the number of Chinese ...

“I was Santa for just one day,” she wrote. Oct. 10 is a press holiday in Japan, a tradition that is observed once a month around the nation for newspaper companies. There are those who deliver ...