The New Year has officially begun in Kiribati, the island country that becomes the first place on Earth to ring in 2026. The ...

If you are someone who dreams of travel that feels immersive rather than rushed, 2026 may be your year. A growing number of ...

These eight countries offer something increasingly rare: spaces where modern speed hasnt completely colonised daily life.

The rural town of Sakai, Japan, north of Tokyo, has sports events, driverless buses, and good food to market itself to Hawaii ...

Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo ...

Japan’s biggest island is home to so many of the country’s popular highlights that the classic tour has become known as Japan ...

In 1964, Japan launched the Shinkansen, a high-speed train that seemed impossible at the time. This episode covers how Japan’s Bullet Train project overcame skeptics and became a global icon. We’ll ...

Join me at Koriyama Station for a first-hand look at Japan’s newest bullet train: the E8 Series Tsubasa Shinkansen. This sleek, modern high-speed train just entered service, and today we’ll be riding ...