Where will you be hit with a tourist tax and why?

Returning to life with gravity was quite the comedown for the Japanese billionaire.

The pact builds on Australia's commitment to other US-led alliances.

80 years ago today the first Allied POWs arrived in Japan.

Much of Asia has largely managed to keep Omicron at bay even as the variant rages.

Yusaku Maezawa said 12 days was 'not enough' and 20 would be better.

Just over 78 per cent of Japan's 126 million people are fully vaccinated.

The suspect set a mental clinic ablaze in an eight-story building where he was a patient.

Got one of these 10 passports? Then you're in luck according to a new study.

From Japan to Israel, Germany to France, Omicron gives tourism a devastating déjà vu.

European Union chief says waiting for advice on the new variant feels like 'an eternity'.

Omicron variant was slipping into other countries before South Africa raised the alarm.

Patient, a man in his 30s, tested positive upon arrival at a Japanese airport on Sunday.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says the measure will take effect Tuesday.

Potentially revolutionary theory has sought to explain country's sudden decline in cases.

The local network has made a lateral move into mobile public saunas.

Governing party scores a major victory in key parliamentary elections.

How many of these iconic destinations have you visited?

Three seriously injured after stabbing attack and commuter train set on fire.

Would you let a vending machine decide the destination of your next trip?

Baffling: Tokyo bars are packed, trains are crowded, and the mood is celebratory.

When boredom strikes, make like the Japanese and replicate their annual Sports Day.

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake has injured at least 17 people in Japan's capital.

By the end of August, Japan was clocking up more than 24,000 cases a day.