A group of women belonging to a prefectural hunting association recently staged a study session in this west Japan city to ...

Lake Biwa is the largest body of fresh water in Japan. There's a town, Harie in Shiga Prefecture, on its northwestern shore, with a constant sound of water. Canals run throughout the town ...

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force has said that an artillery shell may have gone off target and landed outside a training ...

KOKA, Shiga Prefecture--Like the furtive ninja groups it hosted in feudal times, this city in western Japan still has secrets to spill. In this latest instance, researchers discovered the first ...

Tasty "ekiben" offerings from a longtime Shiga Prefecture company that were once popular at train stations around Japan are nearing the end of the line. The boxed lunch meals enjoyed by ...

NAGANO, Japan -- Shiga Kogen Mountain Resort, located in the town of Yamanouchi in Japan's Nagano prefecture, aims to attract foreign visitors for longer stays. This winter, a growing number of ...

A Steller's sea eagle with the nickname "the grandma of Mount Yamamoto" flew to the mountain in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture ... "natural monument" in Japan. This eagle was identified ...

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International Journal of the Commons Vol. 12, No. 2, 2018 The role of formal and informal institut... The role of formal and informal institutions in farmland consolidation: The case of Shiga ...