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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force says an artillery shell that may have landed outside a training area in western Japan was ...

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 powerful cold air mass and winter pressure patterns have brought continuous snowfall to coastal and mountainous areas along the Sea of Japan, significantly increasing snow accumulation that caused ...

Cloudy with a high of 54 °F (12.2 °C). Winds WSW at 11 to 12 mph (17.7 to 19.3 kph). Night - Clear. Winds from W to WSW at 9 to 13 mph (14.5 to 20.9 kph). The overnight low will be 32 °F (0 °C ...