In Japan, regional revitalization has emerged as a cornerstone of solutions to issues such as population decline, achieving ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun Cyclists start off together at the Aso Stage in Kumamoto Prefecture on Oct. 13. This year’s race began on Oct. 11 with a criterium around Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu ... s Wife ...

Even though Japan's greenhouse gas emissions have decreased throughout the past decade, air pollution causes over 44 thousand deaths annually. Rapid industrial development, economic growth ...

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Planning to visit Japan this autumn for captivating fall foliage ... 1-Arashiyama (Kyoto); 2-Osaka Castle; 3-Nara Park; 4-Metasequoia Namiki Avenue (Shiga) (Photos: PIXTA) The Kansai region, home to ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds from N to NNE. The overnight low will be 65 °F (18.3 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 81 °F (27.2 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph). Showers ...

KUMAMOTO — Artificial mist surrounds the base of Kumamoto Castle to make it appear as if it is floating ... The mist is then illuminated to create one of Japan’s largest artificial sea of clouds.

By David Waldstein Masa Kawai wore his faded Yankees cap on Wednesday as he served customers at the Japanese doughnut shop he owns in Edgewater, N.J. It was two days before Game 1 of a World ...

Sugi’s bee colonies are carefully transported from Kumamoto to Akita to Hokkaido and back, in a cross-country tour informed by Japan’s flowering season. As such, the quality honey comes in a ...

What does a Japanese person recall? Doraemon, the friendly robot helper of an enormously popular eponymous anime series. So goes an anecdote making the rounds in Japanese tech circles. It suggests ...

five-tiered Karatsu Castle sits on a hilltop overlooking Karatsu Bay. Cultural treasures on Kyushu reveal themselves almost as frequently as the ubiquitous vending machines found on Japanese ...

Japan joined the World Bank in August 1952, the year after the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty. Starting in 1953, a number of projects were implemented in Japan with World Bank loans for the ...