In Japan, bathing in the nude with strangers is just a regular part of onsen culture. But for many foreign visitors, taking ...

A legendary wrestling referee from Japan died after being attacked by a bear at a famous hot spring. According to local ...

Soak in the three-Michelin-starred baths of Hyotan Onsen. Learn more about the craft of traditional bamboo weaving by taking a class at the Bamboo Cultural Center. Take a thermal sand bath while ...

Police in northern Japan are investigating a suspected bear attack after an employee of a hot-spring spa went missing on ...

Autumn paints Japan in red and gold - from Kyoto's glowing temples to Mount Fuji's lakes, this is the season when beauty ...

These are the best times of year to visit Japan for the best weather, lower prices, fewer crowds, to see cherry blossoms, and to go skiing.

People in northeastern Japan are on the alert after a series of bear attacks. The incidents have occurred in places where ...

The evidence, it would appear, lies in Japan's hot springs. The study, led by graduate researcher Fatima Li-Hau and supervised by associate professor Shawn McGlynn, focused on five hot springs across ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great Oxygenation Event. Some 2.3 billion years ago, the Earth would have been ...