Discover Time Out’s 10 greatest winter destinations, from Iceland’s auroras to Japan’s onsens. A bucket-list guide to the ...

A strong cold front moved into northern Japan, bringing heavy snow. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a weather warning ...

Experience Japan's fastest bullet train! Travel in first class from Tokyo to Hokkaido on the Shinkansen E5 Hayabusa, reaching speeds of 320km/h.

At Del Mar, the 4-year-old turns back Sierra Leone and Fierceness to win the $7 million highlight of two days of championship races.

A record 13 deaths have been caused by bears this year between April and Nov. 5, and the country is ramping up efforts to ...

THIS heart-stopping footage shows a huge growling bear slamming its claws into a car bonnet as the driver reverses to escape.

This heart-stopping footage shows a huge growling bear slamming its claws into a car bonnet as the driver reverses to escape.

Over the past few weeks, further outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed on poultry farms in Japan ...

Across Japan, police officers will be authorised to shoot bears, while more cage traps and electric fences will be set up ...

Ace Stud may have missed out on Enthralling but the outfit enjoyed better fortune earlier in the day when landing Liber Nauticus, the only mare to be offered in foal to Night Of Thunder, at €420,000.

Our Tokyo correspondent explains the layered history of tattoo culture in Japan, and speaks to contemporary Japanese tattoo ...

The number of victims of bear attacks from April to the end of October reached 196, the highest number ever, the Environment ...