Japan is known for its hot springs; Nagato Yumoto is a lesser-known town to visit for relaxation in the steamy waters.

Shimane Prefecture has come up with a catchy slogan to attract visitors: “Good fortune and beautiful skin, from Shimane.” It’s a tagline that promotes some of the best the prefecture has to offer ...

NTT said it hopes its flying lightning rods will one day shield cities and digital infrastructure from strikes.

In the test project conducted in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, between December last year and January, the telecommunication firm's research team flew a drone equipped with a lightning protection ...

Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is perfect material for ...

YASUGI, Shimane Prefecture--The accolades continue growing for the sprawling gardens at the Adachi Museum of Art here, which were rated as Japan's best for the 21st consecutive year by the U.S ...

"I feel a bit disappointed that five out of the six candidates running in Shimane are women," said ... running from the No. 1 district of the prefecture. The event, which featured a speech by ...

Over in Shimane Prefecture, a tea shop named Chadonya sells roll cakes baked with tamaryokucha. Ureshino may not be a household name, but it’s the largest producer of tamaryokucha in the country and ...

In this experiment, the drone ascended to an elevation of 900 meters (2,953 feet) in a mountainous area of Hamada City, Shimane Prefecture, where it approached a thundercloud. The team identified ...

This led him to conduct extensive studies on the "hidden Christians," especially among exiles in Tsuwano, in present-day Shimane Prefecture. After completing his early education, he entered the ...

T-4 training aircraft crashed into Lake Iruka in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, May 14, in a spectacle seen by visitors a･･･ ...