Kirishimacho Joryusho, a shochu distillery in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, welcomed 16 foreign guests currently either working as assistant language teachers at local junior high and other schools ...

Average temperatures across the nation and surrounding seas exceeded last year’s record-breaking levels "by a significant ...

A group of children in western Japan have gathered to try out their hand-made kites in a competition. About 60 people, ...

Nara's Horyuji Temple is another World Heritage Site. Its central gate, main hall, and five-story pagoda were built around ...

Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at a regional wholesale market in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 4, 2025.

Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to raise tariffs on imported Chinese goods has forced companies around the ...

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Tesla supplier Panasonic Energy plans to eliminate its supply-chain dependence on China for electric ...

What are the best city building games? There’s nothing more relaxing than sitting down for an afternoon of city building games. We’ve lost countless hours lining up buildings just how we like ...

The pump that needs replacing is pictured in this photo provided by the Wakayama Prefecture branch of the ... Korean students in this western Japan city has succeeded in raising funds for a ...

(Mainichi/Robert Sakai-Irvine) TOKYO -- Police in a west Japan prefecture engaged in persistent ... Mirai Kyoso Junior High School in the city of Isesaki on April 11, 2024. (Mainichi/Ryuko Tadokoro) ...

[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] At Qingxi Bridge, a key traffic route in the prefecture-city of Qingyuan in Guangdong province, passing driver Zhang Long lauded the "one-stop" emergency ...

Osaka Prefecture. The mayoral election on Sunday was also notable for its unconventional open application process for candidates. The city rented approximately 200 tablet devices from Kyocera to ...