A wooden notice resembling a kosatsu (signboard that announced official edicts in feudal Japan) was recently erected outside of the city hall in Matsue, capital of Shimane Prefecture. The notice — ...

OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 41-year-old man living in Osaka City in connection with a body found ...

Materials for the expo's Grand Ring are being supplied by a wood-processing company in the prefecture, which bore the brunt ...