The number of births in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time in 2024, declining 5.7 percent from the previous year to ...

Japan’s sidewalk restaurants, known as “yatai,” have almost entirely disappeared—except in Fukuoka, where they’ve undergone a ...

FUKUI--The Michelin guide, the bible of fine dining, is leaving no stone unturned in its quest to cover eateries worthy of star status across Japan. On May 21, it issued a special edition of ...

Spectators gathered and cheered as they watched a lively parade of floats — bearing six-meter-tall figures depicting ...

According to police, Mamoru Kokubo illegally resold 12 tickets for the opening series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and ...

SAITAMA (TR) – Saitama Prefectural Police have arrested the head of a group of minors who gather near JR Omiya Station on ...

the University of Fukui was the product of a merger between three national colleges in the Fukui Prefecture: the Fukui Normal School, the Fukui Normal School for Youth and the Fukui Technical College.

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

NAHA--After a rocky start, Kariyushi wear (the Okinawan version of the Hawaiian shirt) has become unique formal summer attire in the southernmost prefecture ... from mainland Japan who visited ...

The success of AED dissemination in Japan was seen at the 2005 World Expo held in Aichi Prefecture. AEDs were placed at 300 m intervals across the event site and, during a period of 6 months ...

Cloudy with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C) and a 47% chance of precipitation. Winds from ENE to NE at 7 to 8 mph (11.3 to 12.9 kph). Night - Cloudy with a 76% chance of precipitation. Winds variable ...

Night - Cloudy with a 74% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 5 to 19 mph (8 to 30.6 kph). The overnight low will be 58 °F (14.4 °C). Rain with a high of 62 °F (16.7 °C) and a 70% ...