In addition to being home to the eyeglasses capital of Japan, Fukui prefecture is filled with well-preserved ancient architecture, historic sites and temples, as well as newer attractions ...

In a bid to attract visitors frustrated by Japan’s crowds, one coastal corner of Fukui prefecture offers genuine connection ...

Japan's first university department dedicated to dinosaur research opened last month in a prefecture known for major dinosaur fossil discoveries. The Faculty of Dinosaur Paleontology at Fukui ...

FUKUI, Japan -- Japan will open its first university division dedicated to the study of dinosaurs in April. In partnership with the nation's premier dinosaur museum, students at Fukui Prefectural ...