Sanrio Puroland, also known as Hello Kitty Land Tokyo, is making 2021 the year to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Throughout the year, Hello Kitty Land Tokyo will launch new activities to celebrate with its fans and visitors and thank them for their faithful patronage over the past three decades.

Izushi, a castle town less than an hour from Kinosaki Onsen, is home to many Edo-era relics and museums, but also has a delicious local specialty—Izushi Sara Soba.

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visited Thursday the National Hospital Organization's Tokyo Medical Center in Meguro Ward, where the country’s COVID-19 vaccination drive was launched, to inspect the rollout.

TOKYO – Japan’s health care professionals will be the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech, after the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) approved its use on Sunday.