We booked our recent trip to Japan a year in advance to see the cherry blossoms, which only bloom briefly in the spring.

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.5 hit Gifu Prefecture, northeast of Nagoya, at 3:29 p.m. on Thursday. It measured 4 on the seismic intensity scale of 7 in Takayama in Gifu Prefecture ...

An event marking the start of tourist season in the Gifu Prefecture part of the Northern Japanese Alps was held at Murakami ...