The Japanese capital of Tokyo can be intimidating, even though this Asian country is often ranked as one of the safest destinations for solo travelers. Shinjuku is the busiest railway station in the ...

Tokyo's meteorologists declared the start of the much-loved cherry blossom season in the Japanese capital on Thursday, as ...

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing a wooden gate at a shrine in Tokyo, according to local police. Steve Lee Hayes has reportedly admitted to writing “his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: People pay tribute to the war dead on the 78th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two, in Tokyo TOKYO ...

Japanese police are searching for suspects who spray-painted the word "toilet" on a Tokyo shrine commemorating the country's war dead. The graffiti, discovered on a stone pillar at Yasukuni Shrine, is ...

TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for good ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new prime minister donated ritual offerings Sunday to a Tokyo shrine viewed by Chinese and Koreans as a symbol of Japanese wartime aggression, though he did not make a visit in ...

TOKYOTOKYO — Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is ...

TOKYOTOKYO — Japanese police are searching for the suspects who spray-painted the word “toilet” on a Tokyo shrine that commemorates the country’s war dead, in an apparent protest against the release ...

Steven Lee Hayes, 65, is accused of carving his family's name into the gate of a famed Tokyo shrine, say police BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested in Japan for ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Yasukuni Shrine has picked a former military commander as its chief priest, in a move that could stir controversy over a site that other Asian nations see as a symbol of Japan ...