Visitors looking for the "real Japan" may find it on a new long trail two hours from Tokyo that shows off the country's ...

Hong Kong director-producer has been scouting locations for an action movie in north Japan, leading to hopes that he will ...

The new double-decker, with operator Kochi Ekimae Kanko, is a service that is called a “mobile capsule hotel” that comes with curated seats that fully recline to transform into flat bunk beds.

For long-distance travel in Japan, most people’s first transportation choice is the shinkansen, followed by a plane if their ...

Japan has launched a sleeper bus with fully flat seats that could help concertgoers and tourists avoid having to pay for a ...

Kochi Ekimae Kanko recently unveiled its new bus equipped with special seats that unfold into flat bunk beds. The bus seats 24 passengers and will begin weekly service on a trial basis between Tokyo ...

Weathernews released on January 29 its second forecasts of when Somei Yoshino cherry trees will bloom in Japan in ...

The Indian Ambassador to Japan, Sibi George hosted a reception to commemorate the 76th Republic Day of India. On Monday, the Indian Embassy in Tokyo shared glimpses of the reception on X and said that ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Jan. 18 and 26. The first story was･･･ ...

Story continues below this ad — Tsunami advisories have been issued for waves up to one metre high in Kyushu’s Miyazaki Prefecture and the adjoining Kochi Prefecture. — Japan’s location in the “Ring ...