Summer, on the other ... The famous Japanese cherry blossoms make their appearance for a week in late March and very early April. Tokyo residents and tourists flock to the urban parks in full ...

Trees are increasingly becoming a flashpoint in Tokyo, as another scorching summer puts the issue of climate change and the ...

Japan will hold a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, which were listed this summer as a UNESCO World Heritage ...

Lightning strikes in Tokyo in July and August ... Such conditions were more common this summer, leading to the increase in lightning strikes, Franklin Japan said. According to the company ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Tokyo's 2020 Olympics are already the most expensive summer games ever. And that's before the games have even taken place. The Japanese public is largely against ...

the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum has curated the show to be somewhat more nuanced than the typical retrospective. The experts at what is Japan’s most prestigious photography venue have selected ...

This summer, which saw weeks of sweltering ... high pressure system expanded toward western Japan particularly in July. University of Tokyo Professor Nakamura Hisashi, head of Meteorological ...

Japan recorded the hottest daily average temperature ... According to the JMA, this summer’s heat is due to a strong high-pressure system in the Pacific Ocean, westerly winds bringing warm ...

Japan is prepared to go to great lengths to get the Tokyo Games done. The last time Japan hosted a Summer Olympics was in 1964 and at the time, they were seen as an important symbol for the ...

That should tell the IOC something. Katie Ledecky entered the Tokyo Olympics with outsized expectations and demonstrated how much faster she is five years after dominating the Rio Games.