An incident in which a girl in her early teens was sexually assaulted at a public bathhouse in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, has brought renewed ...

Together, these discoveries suggest that spending time in forests — a practice known in Japan as “Shinrinyoku” or forest bathing — does more than refresh the mind. It may also strengthen the immune ...

There’s a lot of chatter about the giant, plush towels of luxury resorts and not nearly enough about the benefits of a ...

Japan has nearly 30,000 hot springs and a culture of public bathing. An Israeli Americanarchitect, Yuval Zohar, has developed ...

Discover the profound health benefits of this Japanese practice. It is , backed by science, significantly boosts your immune system by increasing Natu ...

It will come as zero shock to hear that Marie Kondo, who revolutionized the province of junk drawers and overstuffed closets ...

Japan is known for its longevity, and the country boasts of a high number of centenarians, who reach 100 years. Needless to ...

Tochigi Prefecture deserves to be on every traveler’s wish list. Just two hours by train from Tokyo, it is blessed with ...

Katsumi Sasazaki, a highly respected professional wrestling referee in Japan, has been killed in a bear attack. Sasazaki, 60, ...

His architecture swung from austere to whimsical, with conspicuous projects like the sprawling headquarters of the British ...

"It's been in the family for generations. There was never a question of selling it," Matsukane Imai told Business Insider about the guesthouse in Japan.

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