Features
Japan In Focus
-
Okinawa: Roots of warm welcome to pro baseball camps
As Japan’s pro baseball teams prepare for the season ahead, the crack of balls on bats and thumping ...
March 12, 2022
-
Okinawa: Bombs found on sunken U.S. warship
Unexploded depth charges found in a U.S. warship that was sunk off the coast of central Okinawa Isla...
March 12, 2022
-
Okinawa: Ceremony commemorates trade with Amami Islands
A ceremony re-creating the bartering of goats and lumber was held at a fishing port in Kunigami Vill...
March 12, 2022
-
3/11 survivor doesn’t give up on fishing nor his hometown
SENDAI — Fisherman Takayuki Atsumi was in his late 20s when he saw the huge wave come over the seawa...
March 11, 2022
-
Okinawa power industry looks to reduce reliance on fossil fuels
The power industry in Okinawa Prefecture is now in a crucial transition phase as it looks to respond...
March 11, 2022
-
Fukuoka: ‘Mr. Tornado’ to be honored in hometown
KITAKYUSHU — The international standard for measuring tornado severity, called the Fujita scale, was...
March 5, 2022
-
Osaka: Glico hits 100-year mark powered by glycogen
OSAKA — This year marks 100 years since Ezaki Glico Co. was founded. One of Japan’s leading confecti...
March 5, 2022
-
Shizuoka: ‘Legendary’ baseball stadium rich in drama
SHIZUOKA — Kusanagi Stadium in Suruga Ward, Shizuoka, is sometimes referred to as a “legendary baseb...
March 1, 2022
-
‘Community reactivator’ helping Akita Pref. farmers with branding, sales
DAISEN, Akita — Takuya Omori, 48, has caused quite a stir in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, since arrivin...
March 1, 2022
-
Iwate: ‘Miraculous lone pine’ stump and root network to go on tour
RIKUZEN-TAKATA, Iwate — The stump and root network of the “miraculous lone pine,” a tree that surviv...
March 1, 2022
-
Fukushima Pref. farmers set to restart exports to Taiwan following lifting of ban
Taiwan has lifted an import ban on food from Fukushima and four other prefectures, imposed in the wa...
March 1, 2022
-
Unazuki hot spring resort aims to be mecca for ski mountaineering
The Unazuki hot spring ski resort in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture, is aiming to become a mecca for ski ...
February 28, 2022
-
Lighting installations evoke eternal flow of time
MITO — A variety of lighting installations are on display at Kairakuen, a well-known viewing spot fo...
February 27, 2022
-
Hyogo: Why is Osaka Airport called Itami?
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo — Osaka International Airport is also known as Itami Airport, with Itami being th...
February 26, 2022
-
Tokushima: Shrine dedicated to a ghost cat out for justice
ANAN, Tokushima — A shrine in Tokushima Prefecture has about 10,000 beckoning cats on its grounds, d...
February 26, 2022
"Features" POPULAR ARTICLE
-
-
-
-
-
JN TOP STORIES
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
