But the thought of Japanese beaches might not be an automatic choice. And yet, this country of islands — more than 6,500 of them — is packed with beaches, strung along the nation's 34,000 ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan, April 25 (Reuters) - On a recent Saturday, some 100 volunteers gathered on a popular beach in the Japanese port city of Yokohama, wading in the shallows to plant strands of light ...

While many other urban centers have built over their past in the rush to modernize, Yokohama has gone to great lengths to preserve its history as the port that opened Japan up to the outside world ...