The manager of cafe" Lago Sento" is seen next to a large statue of a goat in the city of Matsue on Aug.... Cafe visitors can also enjoy interacting with goats by feeding and petting them on the head, and there are hopes the business will become a new tourist attraction in Matsue, the capital of west Japan's Shimane Prefecture.... Gelatos using goat milk, which customers can eat at a counter seat overlooking Lake Shinji, are seen at cafe" Lago Sento" in the city of Matsue on Aug....

Toshiyasu Ogasawara, deputy chairman of the Shimane Prefecture welfare association for the visually impaired, is seen in the city of Matsue on Oct.... 31 House of Representatives election, raising concerns among the visually impaired over possible confusion, because their names are spelled the same in Braille.... The two candidates--both named Akiko Kamei--spell their names differently in kanji characters, but the groups of visually impaired people say there's no way to distinguish between the

An image of a My Number individual identification card.... Chihiro Ueda, who identifies as a woman while being registered as a man on family registry and resident card records, asked the Shimane Prefectural Government to consider changing the" My Number" individual identification card listing to female.... The 63-year-old cited how the card can be used for identity verification, and argued," It denies my existence, and distresses me mentally....

This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Close Close Modal Dialog This is a modal window.... USJ revealed the Christmas events to the media on Nov.... 25, a day ahead of their launch....