Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Judy Koutsky covers adventure, luxury and family travel. Japan’s southernmost main island, Kyushu, is a land deeply connected to ...

TOKYO — The pet of choice in Japan, as much as cuddly kitties and playful puppies, is the humble bug. The bug has been a key part of Japanese culture from the Heian era classic “The Tale of Genji” to ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

Japan’s most iconic sights often overshadow an entirely different world hidden beyond the bright lights and famous temples.

Asahi Yamauchi, 4, looks at a beetle and plays at an exhibition devoted to insects on July 31 in Tokyo, Japan. The Associated Press TOKYO — The pet of choice in Japan, as much as cuddly kitties and ...

Japan's declining population in agricultural regions could be having a damaging impact on biodiversity—a trend that could spread through East Asia and Europe as global fertility rates fall—according ...

For Shibunkaku in Kyoto, the Nihonga movement offers lessons about sustainability that are increasingly relevant in a climate-challenged world. By David Belcher Japanese art has long been associated ...

Japan’s deep-rooted respect for harmony with nature has made it one of the fastest adopters of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), the frameworks’ chair David Craig said on ...

The nation must lose its tight focus on individual disciplines if it is to keep pace with the evolving requirements of scientific enquiry. Noboru Mizushima is a professor in the Department of ...