One of the fastest cars Honda has ever made has now taken its place in Mie Prefecture's police force, boasting a 570+ ...

A veterinarian has died after showing symptoms consistent with a potentially deadly infectious disease transmitted by ticks ...

Hundreds of people on June 9 welcomed the arrival of the sacred wood that will be used to rebuild a divine palace at Ise ...

People in central Japan's Mie Prefecture hauled massive tree trunks upriver and over land to Ise Jingu. The event on June 9 and 10 was part of a ceremony to rebuild the shrine's main sanctuary every ...

KAMEYAMA, Mie Prefecture—A Peruvian man has been arrested over a multiple-vehicle accident on the Shin-Meishin Expressway caused by a motorist driving in the wrong direction, Mie prefectural ...

Sacred logs were transported to Ise Jingu in central Japan's Mie Prefecture in preparation for a centuries-old ceremony to rebuild the shrine's structures.

The traditional Misoma Hajime Sai ceremony, in which sacred trees are felled for timber to house Shinto deities at the famed ...

A central Japan aquarium offers a rare glimpse of sea otters floating on their backs and using rocks like masterful chefs to crac ...