Nagoya

NAGOYA—A steam locomotive (SL) ran through central Nagoya on Feb. 16 for the first time in 27 years, an event so popular that organizers received more than 120,000...

Fans of elaborately other-worldly costumes, often mimicking cute or warlike Japanese cartoon characters, are expected to converge on Nagoya this summer for an annual "cosplay"...

NAGOYA—For 13 years, Satoru Takaba has rented out an apartment that remains uninhabited. It contains a dining room table, a dresser, a bookshelf with recipe books—and...

If the city feels hotter to you in the summer, you're right.

NANJING, China--While local government anger simmers over the Nagoya mayor’s denial of the Nanking Massacre, a sense of bewilderment, even embarrassment, has spread among...

Chinese travel agencies are avoiding tours to Nagoya following comments from its mayor denying the 1937 Nanking Massacre.

Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura told a delegation from Nanjing, China, that he doubted there was a massacre in the city in 1937, prompting an immediate rebuttal from the Chinese...

Despite insipid public interest in the nation's political parties, moves to form a new political entity led by Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara are gradually taking shape.

NAGOYA--Die-hard history buffs may scowl, and the samurai warlords may be rolling in their graves, but Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura seems to think opening Nagoya Castle to the ...

NAGOYA -- Some 1 million city residents here were advised to evacuate Sept. 20 as the powerful Typhoon No. 15 pounded the Tokai region with torrential downpours and strong...