Foreign workers took to the streets of Japan's capital on March 9, calling for wage increases and improved labor conditions ...

Those who use the redesigned public restroom in Ueno Park and grace its ... the bathroom’s ambience. The Tokyo metropolitan government launched a project in spring 2019 to make the public ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Take a 20-minute walk northwest of Ueno Park to the more than 100,000-square-foot Yanaka Cemetery, the first public burial ground in Tokyo and an oasis of foliage and ...

After four long years, the sights and sounds of picnickers beneath the cherry blossom trees returned to Tokyo’s Ueno Park as ... couple had visited the park every spring with a fried chicken ...

As winter fades, the world eagerly anticipates one of nature’s most breathtaking spectacles: cherry blossom season. This year ...

Ueno Park is one of Tokyo's oldest public parks. Join us as we take a stroll around the grounds and unravel the story of the city's transition from the samurai era to a modern society. The ...

The park also features a zoo, the National Museum of Nature and Science, the National Museum of Western Art, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, the Ueno Royal Museum, the Shitamachi Museum ...