SAPPORO, Dec 28 — The government of Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island renowned for its popularity among tourists, will introduce a lodging tax of up to ¥500 (RM15) per night from April 2026, joining a ...

Hokkaido, Japan, holds secrets beyond its renowned snow festivals and seafood delicacies. Come summer, the island blooms into a painter's palette of lavender fields, while heritage railroads ...

Mount Fuji, Japan’s pride and a powerful symbol of culture and landscape, has entered the new year with its snow cap missing, underscoring the worsening climate change. There is no snow in October for ...

The area, a popular photography spot because of how Mount Fuji rises behind the convenience store, has gained traction on social media, attracting a surge of foreign tourists. The fences are ...

Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, is renowned for its rich and creamy milk, a product of ideal climate, nutrient-rich soil, and generations of dairy farming expertise. This milk has become a ...

A town at the foot of Mount Fuji is taking another step to urge tourists to follow traffic rules. Camera-toting visitors are once again flocking to a local spot where Japan's highest peak appears ...

But another view reveals the site of Mount Fuji’s last confirmed eruption, which began on December 16, 1707, during Japan’s Hoei era. The image of a tranquil Fuji became enshrined in ...

A distraught Mason Mount suffered a fresh injury setback just 12 minutes into the Manchester derby. The Manchester United midfielder has been plagued by injury issues since joining the Red Devils ...

Mason Mount has suffered yet another injury setback, limping out of the Manchester derby on Sunday after just 12 minutes. The Manchester United midfielder went down off the ball early in the game ...

(AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BANGKOK (AP) — A quarterly survey by Japan’s central bank shows business sentiment has improved ...

The Shizuoka Prefectural Government on Friday unveiled the outline of a draft ordinance calling for collecting ¥4,000 per person from those climbing Mount Fuji ... fee for Japan's highest ...

Israel's defence minister has instructed troops to prepare to stay for winter on the peak of Mount Hermon, which sits on the border between Syria, Lebanon and a UN demilitarised buffer zone in the ...