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 ...

Only nine of Japan’s 47 prefectures have had population increases since 2015, a demographic trend that will lead to a significant reapportionment of Lower House seats, according to preliminary ...

(Photo courtesy of Keiju Medical Center)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- More than 60 percent of Japan's 47 prefectures said they had not established plans to work with neighboring prefectures for ...

(Mainichi/Tatsuki Noda) KOFU -- Four prefectures in central Japan have agreed to prepare a system to help foreign tourists go home in the event of a natural disaster, as part of response for a ...

High-rise condominiums are looming large in Japan’s urban skylines ... In fact, only nine prefectures―Aomori, Ishikawa, Nara, Mie, Tottori, Shimane, Tokushima, Miyazaki and Oita―are ...

Japan lifted a state of emergency for Tokyo and four other prefectures on Monday. It is the first time since April 7th that no part of the country is under an emergency declaration. In Tokyo ...

Whatever the case, Japan's terrain is one for experienced hikers. That being said, there are a few shorter hikes included in this list for those who don't plan on hiking the prefectures of Japan.

The latest coronavirus numbers suggest Japan’s New Year holidays did little ... a state of emergency for Tokyo and the neighboring prefectures of Chiba, Saitama and Kanagawa.

This supremely-Japanese game is rooted in the prefectures of Japan and offers up a 3D platforming adventure with a healthy amount of variety. Helmed by Good-Feel and the producer of several ...

Hong Kong will impose an indefinite ban on Japanese seafood imports from 10 prefectures and publish the results of daily tests on other food from the country starting on Thursday, when Tokyo ...