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Yokohama, June 2 (Jiji Press)--Former Nagano Governor Yasuo Tanaka, a writer, on Monday announced his candidacy in the Aug. 3 mayoral election in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Tanaka, 69, served as ...

This week, three metres of powder snow will coat Japan’s Central Alps, a region Nobel Laureate Yasunari Kawabata labelled ...

Here’s some background information about sarin, a man-made nerve agent developed for chemical warfare. Facts Sarin is a liquid that is clear, colorless, tasteless and odorless. Sarin is an extremely ...

This multimodal route through the country’s Northern Alps is a great alternative to the similar journey around Mount Fuji — ...

The versatile Iowa Heartlanders center was a toddler when Takayuki, a defenseman, played in Nagano. He couldn’t have known ...

In 2017, he committed himself to establishing wine operations in Santa Barbara County in southern California and, even more exotically, in Hokkaido, the large northern island that is home to Japan’s ...

Étienne de Montille is a famous producer in Burgundy with a château in Puligny-Montrachet, a busy winery in Meursault, and an ...

On May 21, in Suzaka City, Nagano Prefecture, many investigators were on the scene.They were inspecting what appeared ...

Japan's Norinchukin Bank on Thursday reported a net loss of 1.81 trillion yen ($12.63 billion) for the year ended March 2025 as it sold off its portfolio of U.S. and European government bonds.

26 May - It was revealed that Sei Shiraishi has been cast in the Japanese Taiga series, "Toyotomi Brothers!", replacing the ...