Top omakase spots in Hong Kong Looking for omakase in Hong Kong? Omakase, a Japanese term that means "chef's choice," has found a welcome home in the city.
Overtourism threatens Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji destination Mount Fuji is Japan’s tallest volcano, standing at 3,776 meters (12,388 feet). It’s also one of the country’s biggest tourist destinations.
Japan successfully launches X-ray satellite and “moon sniper” lunar lander On Thursday morning, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched a giant X-ray vision-enabled telescope satellite into space.
Japanese workers strike over department store sale On Thursday, about 900 union workers from the Tokyo Seibu store staged a strike.
Japan will begin releasing treated Fukushima nuclear wastewater on August 24 Japanese officials announced on Tuesday that the country would begin releasing Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the ocean as soon as Thursday.
South Koreans question Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan On Saturday, hundreds of Korean residents demonstrated against the release in the streets of Seoul during a visit by the head of the IAEA.
Japan’s plan to dump treated nuclear wastewater into the ocean In 2021, the country came up with a plan to release this water into the ocean over about 30 years.