A newborn baby was found dead in the snow in Shiogama last year, shocking the local community and prompting residents to ...

Every spring, the park around Shiroishi Castle in Miyagi Prefecture becomes flush with pink as roughly 300 cherry trees come ...

KOFU--A man who killed the parents of a girl who had spurned him when he was 19 became the first person sentenced to death for a crime committed at age 18 or 19 after the Juvenile Law was revised and ...

Northern Japan faces a record surge in Asian black bear attacks, with Akita Prefecture hardest hit. Depopulation and neglected rural zones are pushing wildlife into neighborhoods, forcing emergency ...

A series of multinational drills including paratroopers from the Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Army and the British ...

Catalog of two exhibitions held at Miyagi-ken Bijutsukan, August 5-October 3, 2010 and at Miyakonojō Shiritsu Bijutsukan, October 16-December 5, 2010. 880-06 "Heisei 22-nendo Kokuritsu Bijutsukan ...

Asian black bear sightings in Japan from April to November 2025 totaled 47,038, marking the highest figure since comparable ...

The Japanese government cordons off waters near the Henoko base with orange buoys. A patrol vessel closes in and issues warnings to the boat of the Global Times on approach to the ...

TOKYO – Asian black bear sightings in Japan from April to November 2025 totaled 47,038, marking the highest figure since ...

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