Incredible things have been happening in Japan for decades. This is the country that gave us karaoke bars, sushi conveyors, ...

AKASHI, Hyogo Prefecture--Akashi city in January will become the first local government in Japan to introduce a partnership system that treats the children of same-sex couples as “family ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 69% chance of precipitation. Winds from NE to NNE at 14 to 16 mph (22.5 to 25.7 kph). The overnight low will be 49 °F (9.4 °C). Cloudy with a high of 52 °F (11. ...

Forthcoming: Morita, Manabu, Ryusuke Ihara, and Ryohei Nakamura. "An NEG approach to verifying the straw effect: Evidence from the Akashi-Kaikyo bridge in Japan," JCER economic journal.

The origins of Taimatsu Akashi can be traced to a battle in 1589, when the castle in Sukagawa, now a city in Fukushima Prefecture, fell to a powerful warlord. Groups of local residents form teams ...