TOKYO — From the outside, Yuko Takeuchi seemed to have a golden life.... Takeuchi, 40, died late

Daishiro Yamagiwa( Mainichi/ Kan Takeuchi) TOKYO( Kyodo)--Japan will establish a 100 billion yen

The prime minister's office( Mainichi/ Kan Takeuchi) TOKYO--The Japanese government has decided on

Giant panda Eimei eats bamboo shoots given as a birthday gift at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept.... He also has 23 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.... Despite being nearly 90 years old in human terms, he apparently has stayed healthy, eating 15 kilograms of food a day with a full set of 42 teeth....

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.... The dismissal came just days after a composer working on the event resigned over bullying and abusing children with disabilities in the past.... Font Size S M L Print Timeline 0....

Tanabe Mayor Mitsutoshi Manago attends a news conference while sitting on an exercise ball at the municipal government office in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, on Nov.... The chief of general affairs department at the city government came up with the idea because a number of employees suffer lower back pain and other issues.... Sitting on an unstable ball improves core strength and is said to ease the symptoms....

This 2019 file photo shows the Okinawa Prefectural Government headquarters.... It marks the first time for Japan's southernmost prefecture to record more than 1, 000 newly infected people in a single day, and will be the second consecutive day of record confirmed case numbers.... 25, 2021, which was recorded during a state of emergency....

SUSAMI, Wakayama--To celebrate" Scissors Day," an aquarium in this west Japan town is currently holding a special exhibition of creatures with scissor-like claws, pincers, horns and other appendages.... In this spirit, the Susami Municipal Aquarium of Crab and Shrimp is holding an exhibition on creatures with scissor-like body parts.... An Amami whip scorpion is seen at Susami Municipal Aquarium of Crab and Shrimp in Wakayama Prefecture on Aug....

Visitors enjoy bathing in the Sennin-buro riverside hot spring bath in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, on Dec.... It is prepared and organized by the Kumano Hongu Tourist Association and the planning committee.... They adjust the temperature to around 40 C using river water....

State governments stand to potentially benefit from revenue generated by mining waste as the mines ministry has proposed to amend the Minerals( Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2016( MCR, 2016).... The proposed amendment to Rule 12( 1)( k) of the MCR, 2016, would allow the dispatch of materials, such as overburden, waste rock, and minerals below a certain threshold value that cannot be used as a major mineral, in the normal course of mining, potentially ena