Many local governments in Japan are abandoning matchmaking events intended to combat declining birth rates and revitalize ...

Located on the craggy and windblown coast of western Japan, Tottori Prefecture has long lent itself to the moody and artistic. The name of the San’in region, comprising Tottori and Shimane ...

The torii gateways of Motonosumi Shrine in Yamaguchi Prefecture. To the north of Hiroshima, the Chugoku region continues in the prefectures of Shimane and Tottori, which like Yamaguchi offer ...

People across much of Japan sweated through a second day of unseasonably hot weather on Wednesday.

More than half a century after man first walked on the moon, the world's space powers are engaged in a new quest to unlock the secrets of Earth's nearest neighbor. In the race to conquer the lunar ...