Kansai Electric Power will begin surveys for the construction of a new nuclear power reactor at its Mihama power station in ...

People around the world are fascinated by dinosaurs and the prehistoric world in which they lived. In Japan, the country's ...

The Oriental Storks were once extinct in Japan. But thanks to the dedicated efforts of people in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, ...

Thirteen years after the catastrophic Fukushima disaster, Kansai Electric Power Co. has confirmed plans to resume surveys for a potential new reactor at its Mihama Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui ...

Boasting nearly 80% of Japan’s dinosaur fossils, one of the last dozen remaining original Japanese castles and a prime location off the Sea of Japan, Fukui Prefecture is a great destination for ...

The art of making spectacles Sabae, located on Japan’s main Honshu island near the city of Fukui, has been producing quality eyewear for more than a century. It all started in 1905, when a local ...

OSAKA, Japan >> Through various collaborative efforts, traditional Japanese crafts such as washi (Japanese paper), textiles and urushi (lacquer) are being incorporated into modern construction.

This is where you’ll find Fukui’s beloved Heisenji Hakusan Shrine. Once the largest religious settlement in Japan, it was originally founded as a Buddhist temple in 717. According to legend, during ...

Fukui, Japan's least-known prefecture to international tourists, is home to one of the most impressive dinosaur museums in Japan, if not the world. With a collection of about 40 different species of ...

The Fukui prefectural government felt forced to look outside Japan because it faces a chronic shortage in elderly care workers. In March, there were 4.12 job openings in the elderly care sector ...

July 22, 2025 Kansai Electric Power Co.'s No. 1 reactor at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture in central Japan, on November 14, 2024 - Kyodo News/Getty Images ...