AKASHI, Hyogo Prefecture--Akashi city in January will become the first local government in Japan to introduce a partnership system that treats the children of same-sex couples as “family ...

A Japanese woman in her 20s, later diagnosed with measles, visited Jiufen and traveled around Taipei by MRT, the Centers for ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 69% chance of precipitation. Winds from NE to NNE at 14 to 16 mph (22.5 to 25.7 kph). The overnight low will be 49 °F (9.4 °C). Cloudy with a high of 52 °F (11. ...

A bento from Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture features a local ... Let's embark on a journey to discover the best of ekiben, as we travel across Japan by train.

A live camera placed near the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Hyogo Prefecture ... center for the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Mitaka, Tokyo. Sky watchers have a better chance of spotting ...

The origins of Taimatsu Akashi can be traced to a battle in 1589, when the castle in Sukagawa, now a city in Fukushima Prefecture, fell to a powerful warlord. Groups of local residents form teams ...

In the aftermath of tragedy, Akashi shows us the importance of the ability to imagine and create new structures, to see the potential futures in a seed.