The petition was filed over safety concerns by some 1,500 residents living near the plant in Ehime Prefecture, which is ...

A district court on Tuesday rejected a request by residents to halt operation of a nuclear reactor at the Ikata power plan ...

Police in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, have arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of attempted murder after he cut his male classmate’s neck with a knife at their high school. According to local ...

Under Japan's new foreign labor system, workers will have an easier time switching workplaces. As companies try to retain ...

IMABARI, Ehime Prefecture--On a recent summer day, a man was welding at a shipbuilding factory here among other workers, sending sparks flying into the air. He and about 10 others live in a ...

I usually tell stories about what life is like in Tokyo, because that's where our family lives. But today we head out to Matsuyama in the prefecture of Ehime to find out what life in non-Tokyo, the ...

The excursion train is a diesel-powered replica of a small steam locomotive connecting the central part of Matsuyama, the capital of Ehime Prefecture, and the Dogo Onsen hot spring resort.

We take a trip on the JR Yosan Line through the local history and culture of Ehime Prefecture. Learn modern history at a railroad museum featuring exhibits you can touch and a theme park located ...

The district of Maana in Ehime Prefecture is a leading center for mikan cultivation. Mikan is the Japanese name for the fruit Citrus unshiu, a type of mandarin, which is popular among Japanese ...

Presiding judge Kazumi Ohama said 'It cannot be said that there is a specific danger that violates the lives of the ...

Sumitomo Chemical has developed a new pilot facility for the chemical recycling of PMMA at its Ehime Works located in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The company now intends to sell its ...