Tim Walker takes a wander around the ever-vibrant Japanese capital.

For Takayuki Sato, who lost his wife, mother, best friend, aunt and uncle in last year's Japan disaster, life goes on.

Tourist bosses in Japan hope the 634-metre tower will be a big draw for foreign visitors.

This nationwide 'coming of age day' celebration is held each year on the second Monday in January to congratulate those who have reached the nice round number of 20. The tradition goes back well over a thousand years to a time when young princes marked the beginning of their second decade by switching to wearing adult clothes and hairstyles.

From biking, braving local delicacies and touring temples, Ann Newbery discovers there’s plenty to do in Kyoto, Japan.

Nicholas Jones enters a weird world of dress-ups.

Radioactive muttonbirds could be on their way to NZ after the birds were found feeding near Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant.

Dom Joly visits Hiroshima 66 years after his father witnessed the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb firsthand.