KOBE--Travelers with no fear of heights can enjoy breathtaking views while camping on the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge here during a special two-day tour--for a whopping 297,000 yen ($2,000). Despite the ...

The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is a key 12,831-foot bridge linking two islands in Japan. This suspension bridge, which took 10 years to be completed and involved more than 100 contractors, crosses the ...

A 20-year-old man riding in a taxi across the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, which links Kobe with Awaji Island, asked the driver to stop, then got out and jumped from the bridge into the sea below, on Sunday.

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IT MUST be one of the most graceful suspension bridges in the world—and certainly the longest. With a central span of 1,991 metres (6,532 feet), the Akashi Kaikyo bridge, which opens on April 5th, ...

“Akashi,” not the Japanese pop group Arashi, conjures up two images. First, the famous TV comedian Akashiya Sanma. And second, octopus. Did you know that the plural form of octopus is octopi? If you ...

Japan has a long tradition of bridge building that stretches back to ancient times. Perhaps the most famous ones are the soribashi bridges, which typically have an arch and are painted red. Article ...