IGA, Mie -- This month, the municipal government here has begun issuing an original municipal "resident's certificate" for ...

TSU -- The roof of a Western-style church near the Ise Jingu shinto shrine in Mie Prefecture is adorned with "onigawara" ...

TOBA, Mie Prefecture—The number of wild finless porpoises descending on Toba Port here seems to have increased this year, a boon for both a ferry operator and picture-taking passengers.

With the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai set to open on April 13, about 43% of companies surveyed nationwide expressed optimism that ...

McLaren look in strong form for this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, setting the pace in second practice in Sakhir.

SHIMA, Mie Prefecture--Construction of what is touted as equal in size to the world’s largest wave pool is due for completion here by summer 2026 at a cost of 4 billion yen ($26.3 million).

ISE, Mie Prefecture--A businessman is giving back to furry companions who provided a lifeline to him during the COVID-19 pandemic. Naoki Teraoka, 59, was involved in the opening of the Diorama ...

The Australia Pavilion at Expo 2025 opens this weekend. How does it compare with an earlier iteration, Expo 70's space age ...

The pattern for the life-size statue of the dog in a sitting position will be produced by Mio Hashimoto, a sculptor based in Mie Prefecture known for wooden animal carvings, while the statue itsel ...

An outage of automatic collection lanes at around 100 expressway toll gates continued in Japan on Monday, causing disruption across eight prefectures, including Tokyo, a day after the issue first ...

A malfunction with the electronic toll collection (ETC) system on routes including the Tomei and Chuo expressways has ...