This bridge is said to be the world's "scariest", which looks so steep that cars simply vanish from view when they reach its ...

YASUGI, Shimane Prefecture—Toshitaka Fujihara, manager of a Liberal Democratic Party branch, experienced the height of glory of Shimane Prefecture as an impregnable party stronghold. But at a ...

IZUMO, Shimane Prefecture--Five new hydrangea species developed here are so sought after in the Tokyo metropolitan area that flower fans there call them "phantoms" since they sell out so fast you ...

The global hit anime “Demon Slayer” (known in Japan as “Kimetsu no Yaiba”) is approaching its conclusion. The final story arc ...

MATSUE -- Municipal governments in Shimane and Hiroshima prefectures are teaming up to ask the national government for solutions after noise from low flights by U.S. military aircraft training in ...

Springtime in Japan is synonymous with sakura. Since time immemorial, the cherryblossom has been immortalised in poems and ...

We start at Hiroshima, the largest city in the Chugoku region, and journey pastoral landscapes through the Chugoku Mountains to Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The towns along the way are alive with ...

Takeshima is made up of two small islets located between the western Japanese prefecture of Shimane and South Korea. Both countries are claiming sovereignty over the group of islets that have a ...

Like many communities in rural Japan, Izumo City in Shimane Prefecture is struggling with a declining population. Many of its younger residents head off to major cities like Tokyo and Osaka and to ...

This 2011 photo taken by an employee of the Shimane Prefecture city of Hamada shows a low-flying U.S. military aircraft. MATSUE -- Municipal governments in Shimane and Hiroshima prefectures are ...