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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

TOKYO — Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people ... In Imabari, in the Ehime prefecture on the main island of Shikoku, the fire left a firefighter ...

12 that the rate of helmet usage among cyclists in Japan rose to 17 percent this year ... typically out in the afternoon. By prefecture, Ehime had the highest rate of helmet use for the second ...

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 ...

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 ...