Thirty-three of Japan's 47 prefectural governments back revising a pact governing the US forces in the country, a Kyodo News survey showed ...

Only nine of Japan’s 47 prefectures have had population increases since 2015, a demographic trend that will lead to a significant reapportionment of Lower House seats, according to preliminary ...

Public health officials in Japan have reported a slight rise in ... Figures have exceeded the warning level in 40 of the country's 47 prefectures. According to the National Institute of Infectious ...

Ibaraki Prefecture relinquished its “least attractive” title among Japan’s 47 prefectures following a local promotional effort that was tongue in cheek at times. The prefecture northeast of ...

Thirty-three of Japan's 47 prefectural governments back revising a pact governing ... municipalities hosting facilities exclusively used by the U.S. military, with 21 prefectures without such ...

In a district of Toyama, 16cm was recorded while 12cm was observed in Tomakomai on Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido. The ...

The number of suicides decreased in 38 of Japan’s 47 prefectures. The prefecture with the highest suicide rate was Iwate with 22.9, followed by Yamanashi, at 21.9, and Niigata, at 21.2. The ...

Record snow has buried parts of the island of Hokkaido, Japan, this week. Obihiro received 47 inches (120 cm), setting a new record for 12-hour snowfall Monday night. pic.twitter.com/vAg1vopSHu— ...

Tsuchiyu Onsen is in Japan's Fukushima prefecture ... have been forced to close by the snow with 13 of the country's 47 prefectures subject to a weather alert, according to Kyodo News.

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