Residents of at least one prefecture are not looking over their shoulders as a steady stream of bear sightings are reported across the Honshu mainland. As injuries and deaths from bear attacks have ...

Akita Prefecture sets along the Sea of Japan in the Tōhoku region in northern Honshū. It is Japan’s sixth largest prefecture by size. Largely mountainous, its main ranges are the north-to-south ...

On the north coast of Honshu Island, scenically hugging the coastline of the Sea of Japan and just a bullet train ride from Tokyo, Ishikawa Prefecture is a hidden gem amongst the better-known of Japan ...

Stretching from Cape Shirakami in the south, at 41.2ºN latitude, to Cape Sōya in the north at 45.3ºN, Hokkaidō is in the far north of Japan. This brings it bitterly cold winters (19 of the 20 lowest ...

More than 20 percent of the population will be aged 75 or older in 46 of the nation’s 47 prefectures in 2050, highlighting the nation's rapidly accelerating aging trend, according to a new estimate.

Located on the southern shoreline of Shikoku Island, Kochi Prefecture is rich in history, nature and culinary delights. In addition to housing one of the 12 remaining Japanese castles with an original ...