Japan has 47 prefectures, administrative divisions ranking immediately below the national government. They were created following the Meiji restoration of 1868, often with borders matching the ...

Japan has lifted a state of emergency imposed due to the coronavirus in 39 out of 47 prefectures, after a sharp fall in new infections. The order still applies in Tokyo, Osaka and on the northern ...

While some hard-core mountaineers have climbed the highest mountain in each of Japan’s 47 prefectures ... years ago while looking at a mountain map. He imagined the flow of rainwater down ...

More than 60 percent of Japan's 47 prefectures said they had not established plans to work with neighboring prefectures for dialysis patients in the event of a large-scale disaster, a recent survey by ...

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Working women across Japan are earning significantly less than their male ... The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare noted that prefectures with smaller income gaps, such as Kochi and Nagasaki, ...

Official campaigning has begun for Japan's Oct. 27 parliamentary election. More than 1,300 candidates are expected to enter ...

TOKYO -- A Japan land ministry official was surprised that its real ... Transport and Tourism can overlay data necessary for property transactions on a single map, and has been proving popular. It ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took office last week as Fumio Kishida resigned after corruption scandals.

Hong Kong will impose an indefinite ban on Japanese seafood imports from 10 prefectures and publish ... City leader John Lee Ka-chiu also slammed Japan for “imposing its problems on others ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 75% chance of precipitation. Winds NNE at 7 to 8 mph (11.3 to 12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 72 °F (22.2 °C). Cloudy with a high of 71 °F (21.7 °C) and a ...