The number of burglaries targeting vacant houses that have not been occupied for a long time, has starkly increased in ...

The total amount of losses exceeded ¥1.1 billion last year, increasing more than ¥300 million from the previous year.

What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory.

Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change ...

The 73rd Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon was held on February 2 in the Oita Prefecture cities of Oita and Beppu. Hiroki ...

Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change things. On New Year's Day ...

In contemporary semiconductor manufacturing, electrostatic chucks (ESCs) securely hold a silicon wafer (or other substrate) ...

With an increasing number of Muslims living in Japan, there has been a growing demand for burial plots to conform with their ...

Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, has begun discussions on introducing a lodging tax to secure stable funding for tourism ...

TOKYO -- Toto, Japan's top toilet maker, is expanding its decades-old business of making parts for semiconductor ...

For the past two decades, a traditional "ryokan" inn in southwestern Japan has been spreading its hospitality more broadly than most, dedicating more than half of its rooms to give shelter to stray ...

Misleading reports and social media attacks have sought to block plans for a Muslim cemetery in the town of Hiji in southern ...