In the stillness of Kyoto’s Okazaki Shrine, one writer found a sense of peace surrounded by rabbit statues following her partner’s cancer diagnosis and a challenging IVF journey.

It’s 6pm and the sight of a few Japanese women in layers of make-up and draped in exquisite kimonos suddenly transforms a crowd of tourists into a paparazzi-type mob trying to grab a picture. Their ...

Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in this image from a video, makes a campaign speech in Nara, Japan, shortly before he was shot on July 8. Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his ...

A controversy in Fujisawa, Japan, has sparked debate after residents reportedly opposed plans for the city’s first mosque.

A Shugendo ceremony on the outskirts of Tokyo shows Daniel Stables a wilder, more visceral side to the Japanese temple ...