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 ...

This island in Japan not only is home to one of the best growing environments for sweet onions, but it has unique history and ...

Kobe, March 24 (Jiji Press)--Fusaho Izumi, former mayor of the western Japan city of Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, on Monday announced his candidacy for this summer's election for the House of ...

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

Forthcoming: Morita, Manabu, Ryusuke Ihara, and Ryohei Nakamura. "An NEG approach to verifying the straw effect: Evidence from the Akashi-Kaikyo bridge in Japan," JCER economic journal.