A research team, including Professor Naoto Tomioka of Okayama University of Science, has uncovered new genetic evidence challenging the long-standing "dual-structure model" of Japanese ancestry. By ...

Households battling inflation and other monetary stressors can breathe a little easier as 24-hour community food initiatives ...

The Shizuoka Prefecture city of Mishima ranked first among municipalities nationwide in four categories for selling bulky ...

Japan faces urban population decline by 2035, with ageing societies challenging city sustainability and prompting calls for ...

Last month’s deadly wildfires have prompted exhibitors to reschedule exhibitions and parties, and launch fundraisers for ...

By 2025, Sendai, Yokohama, and Kumamoto will join this group, followed by Nagoya, Sapporo, Hiroshima, and Okayama by 2035. While some larger cities will avoid contraction by absorbing people from ...

In Kurashiki city’s Mabi district in Okayama Prefecture, rivers were flooded in succession. About 30 percent of the district was inundated, claiming 51 lives in the flooding. In Saka and ...

Guardiola admitted post-match that he 'regretted' the way his City side finished the contest in North London and has seen his ...

As forecasting is not always that precise, nature photographers often want to get a jump on the full-bloom schedule by ...

Bridgestone is driving an initiative to accelerate the commercial launch of tires made from plant-based synthetic rubber.