The 70km Shimanami Kaido, webbed with fishing harbours, hillside citrus orchards and historic shrines, is often regarded as ...

The Setouchi region of Japan, made famous to an international audience by Donald Richie's exceptional The Inland Sea - a ...

ONOMICHI, Japan -- In late October, as the autumn leaves were turning yellow, I sat on the deck of a ferry crossing part of the Seto Inland Sea, a 440-kilometer-long body of water that separates ...

This was how I came across Shimanami Kaido, a 70km-long cycling route that links the main islands of Honshu and Shikoku, weaving through six smaller islands floating in the Seto Inland Sea ...

The Japan Tourism Agency, Japan Sports Agency and Agency for Cultural Affairs have pledged to strengthen the brand of Japan ...

TOKYO -- Luxury hotel group Mandarin Oriental is opening three new hotels in Japan as part of an ambitious expansion focused on lesser-known destinations.

Friday will be mostly clear with temperatures rising to 29C inland, 24C on the north coast, 27C on the remaining coasts, and ...

State officials have wrestled with the sea’s deteriorating condition as its water becomes fouler and its footprint shrinks, ...

HIROSHIMA—The district court here rejected a request on March 5 by plaintiffs to stop operations at the Ikata nuclear power ...

In low lying areas, this can spill out and flood streets. Because climate change is causing baseline sea levels to rise, storm surges can reach further inland. Sea-level rise will also make coastal ...