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 historical ...

Visitors have less than a month to get their last glimpse of a popular giant panda at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoological Gardens before she returns to China. Five-year-old Xiang Xiang will be sent back to China ...

An enchanting herb garden cafe serves delicious, westernized dishes with locally sourced ingredients right inside Ueno Park, just steps away from Ueno Station, one of Tokyo’s busiest. Diners can feel ...

The Tokyo metropolitan government installed a temporary partition in a new public restroom in Ueno Park on Dec. 26, just two days after its opening, following concerns that its design could facilitate ...

A month ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, the city has another reason to celebrate – giant panda Shin Shin has given birth to twin cubs at Ueno Zoo, the first panda birth there in four years.

Ueno Zoo staff spread a net to catch a fake zebra as it strolls in the zoo park during the annual exercise for runaway animals. Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog ...

Set in Shinjuku, Tokyo’s largest entertainment district, the classic manga/anime series City Hunter follows the exploits of the elite “sweeper” Saeba Ryō as he takes on one dangerous underworld job ...

TOKYO -- A power outage hit JR Ueno Station on the morning of Jan. 30, halting rapid and local services on sections of the JR Joban Line. An overhead wire on the Joban Line platform was found to be ...