Bowing is an ancient custom in Japan, considered a sign of respect. The common practice has deep roots in Japanese culture, ...

More than 160,000 'kofun' burial mounds dot the Japanese archipelago, but Cofunia allows guests to lay their heads directly ...

The findings help explain why a series of small earthquakes over a period of about three years suddenly culminated in the ...

My husband and I reminisced on our marriage and the transition to empty nest-hood while climbing the 75-km trail ...

For one week, a corner of London has been transformed into a pocket of ancient Japan, with dozens of sumo wrestlers ...

Sumo wrestlers posed outside London’s Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday, with the sounds of city traffic providing the backdrop ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great ...

Popularly recognised as one of Japan’s three greatest gardens, Kenrokuen in Kanazawa took 200 years to create. It was set out ...