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

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 ...

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 ...

A powerful cold air mass and winter pressure patterns have brought continuous snowfall to coastal and mountainous areas along the ...

Night - Mostly clear with a 66% chance of precipitation. Winds WSW at 11 to 14 mph (17.7 to 22.5 kph). The overnight low will be 24 °F (-4.4 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 36 °F (2.2 °C ...

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

According to the Shiga prefectural education board, all 44 prefectural senior high schools allow female students to wear slacks instead of skirts. In Yasu, three city-run junior high schools allow ...

Vacant commercial spaces are being turned into guest accommodation in the central Japan city of Shizuoka, offering visitors an alternative to conventional lodgings and helping revitalise the local ...

Japanese ISP Optage is to deploy liquid-cooled containerized data centers equipped with GPUs for AI training. The company ...

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

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 ...