The wariness over SOFA, which critics view as overly protective of American service members who have broken Japanese law, appears to be not limited to municipalities hosting facilities exclusively ...

Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous ...

Japanese macaques that live in the mountains can be watched up close at Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in the city of Oita. Three heaters are placed there in winter so the monkeys can stay ...

By prefecture, Tokushima in western Japan topped the list with an average of 57.38 cases. Miyazaki in the southwest had 57.24 cases. Kochi in the west had 56.36 cases. Aichi in central Japan had ...

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Japan had 800,000 fewer citizens at the start of this year, compared with a year earlier, but more worrying was that falls were posted by every one of its 47 prefectures for the first time.

The wariness over SOFA, which critics view as overly protective of American service members who have broken Japanese law, appears to be not limited to municipalities hosting facilities exclusively ...