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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.