Japanese and Chinese tourists offend one another personally while Communist China engages in vituperative rhetoric over Tokyo’s worries about Beijing’s claims to Free China, the independent Chinese ...

Tourism has long fueled Kyoto's — and Japan's — economy, but the city now faces the growing pains of popularity. Today, this wildly popular Japanese city has been dubbed one of the world's "most ...

NAGOYA, Japan—The tourists who crowd the bullet trains from Tokyo tend not to disembark at Nagoya as they speed along what is called the Golden Route linking the Japanese capital with Kyoto and Osaka.

Historic towns elbow-to-elbow with travelers. Beaches where you can’t see the sand through the multitude of towels, chairs and umbrellas. Tourists arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct. That may ...

Okinawa, an archipelago that stretches from just below Japan’s main islands almost to Taiwan, means different things to different people. For many Japanese visitors, Okinawa, with its white stretches ...

WASHINGTON — Kyoto, one of Japan's most famous cities, has announced a 900% hike to its "tourist tax," after massive crowds of foreigners have strained the city's infrastructure in recent years. The ...