In “The Making of Urban Japan,” professor Andre Sorensen explains the genesis of modern Japanese cities, from bustling stations to intimate alleyways. Published in 2002, while he was a lecturer at the ...

Most first-time travelers to Japan head directly to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka to explore cities they've seen sprawled across their social media accounts, meanwhile overlooking one of Japan's most ...

The number of people studying Japanese as a foreign language is increasing. According to a 2009 survey on Japanese language instruction overseas, approximately 3.65 million people are studying ...

Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution reads: Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and ...

It has been said that every traveler should explore Japan at least once in a lifetime. I hate to admit it, but somehow, Japan never showed up on my destination radar until after I had visited 120 ...