At 69 years old, Tomohiro Kaneko, a former ramen shop owner from Sakyo Ward in Kyoto, has completed a remarkable personal ...

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Despite the lifting of all ...

TOKYO -- Japan's shipbuilding industry has hit a boom period, with dry docks booked for the next three years and prices ...

A flash of inspiration struck professor Hiromi Uchimura about eight years ago as he looked at a popular erasable pen.

Wildfires that began on Sunday in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan have burned through over 900 hectares of land. In the Ehime city of Imabari, 417 hectares had been burned as of ...

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force continues to battle the fires active in Okayama and Ehime prefectures, and it is unclear of the current status of either situation. Canadian who stole iconic ...

Tucked away in a quiet and unassuming area of Ozu, a historic castle town in Ehime Prefecture, is an unusual house — with an even more unusual owner. A former samurai residence, the building is ...

Forest fires continue to rage in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, five days after the first blaze started. Self-Defense Force helicopters resumed aerial firefighting on Thursday morning.

Ehime Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2024. (Mainichi/Yasutoshi Tsurumi) MATSUYAMA -- Under Japan's new foreign labor system, workers will have an easier time switching workplaces. As companies try to ...

Sunny with a high of 76 °F (24.4 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 7 mph (8 to 11.3 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 58 °F (14.4 °C ...

In the decades since, even as the boom times of 1980s Japan gave way to slump and stagnation ... who promotes travel to Ehime Prefecture and purchase of its products (e.g., mikan oranges ...