GERO, Gifu Prefecture—Complaints about naked and unruly visitors have led to a ban on bathing, except for feet, at a popular open-air riverside hot spring facility here. Gero city imposed the ...

Investigators suspect a connection between the two incidents, believing that the remains have been buried deliberately.

The Nanto City Tourism Association (Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture; President Seiichi Kawai) launched sales on December 6 for ...

Ground subsidence in Gifu Prefecture was likely caused by tunnel construction work for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo ...

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announced on Jan. 22 that a municipal road in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, has sunk by ...

A consortium of ten of Japanese organisations partnered to build a demonstration private 5G network at Kani Industrial Park.

Note: Gassho is the act of joining a pair of hands in prayer.

Night - Partly cloudy with a 61% chance of precipitation. Winds WSW at 7 mph (11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 34 °F (1.1 °C). Cloudy with a high of 45 °F (7.2 °C) and a 47% chance of ...

Snow is falling along the Sea of Japan coast from northern to eastern Japan and is expected to intensify through Friday.

Authorities in Japan are urging people across wide areas to stay alert for heavy snow. They say the Sea of Japan coast is especially at risk, and transport disruptions are likely.

After work at groups like SNK, Seko became president at NIS in mid-2023. His funeral will be held at the end of January.