GIFU, Japan -- With 800 years of sword-making tradition, the city of Seki in Japan's Gifu prefecture is tapping its claim to ...

In response, Japan’s tourism authorities are urging tourists ... between March and October from Helsinki to Nagoya, a city just south of Gifu’s border with train connections to the province ...

TAKAYAMA, Gifu Prefecture--The red carpet is being rolled out in the Hida-Takayama region this fall to well-heeled foreign visitors. The city’s Hida-Takayama Tourism and Convention Bureau says ...

Land prices in Japan as of January 1 rose for the fourth straight year.In terms of growth rate, the three top increases ...