This underrated city was once the capital of Japan in the Middle Ages and is now a beautiful, tourist-friendly hub with ...

OSAKA -- The Japanese city of Kashihara, known for its historic cityscape and its distinction as the country's first full-fledged capital, has given itself a facelift using the cast of the popular ...

TOKYO -- Just a couple of hours by train from Tokyo, the Isawa hot spring resort was a huge draw for tired salarymen and others in need of a relaxing soak during ... in the city of Fuefuki in ...

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...

Dublin ranks as the eighth best capital city for foodies ... offering (£42.04 average price for a meal for two). Tokyo in Japan ranks third with an overall score of 81.5/100.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, ...

Saudi Arabia hopes the Expo will bring 40 million of visitors to its capital city. With the stakes high ... with the next one scheduled in Osaka, Japan, in 2025. Information on the latest ...

JAKARTA--Indonesian President Joko Widodo launched construction on Wednesday for a new line on Jakarta’s mass rapid transit (MRT) system, funded by a loan of nearly $1 billion from Japan ...

Source: Death Penalty Information Center In Japan ... USA capital punishment costs a great deal. For example, the cost of convicting and executing Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City Bombing ...

We further eliminated ghost positions, and we postponed some capital projects ... in the details about the budget,” said former L.A. City Councilmember Zev Yaroslavsky.

April 7 (UPI) --A large fire in Paris sent thick, black smoke billowing over the French capital on Monday as hundreds of firefighters battled flames at one of the ... en cours à l'usine @LeSyctom ...