Japan's coastal fishing industry takes on reforms to boost profits and sustainability
The nation's coastal fishing industry, plagued by higher material costs, dwindling catches and an aging workforce, is implementing bold measures to turn around sagging revenues. The measures established by many fishing communities range from maintaining the freshness of fish in shipping to developing commercially viable ...
Internet bomb threat prompts Kishiwada to close schools, City Hall, other facilities
Public schools, kindergartens and other facilities run by the municipal government of Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, were closed Wednesday after an Internet post was found the previous night threatening to blow them up, NHK reported, citing local police and city officials. According to the report, City ...
City attracts owls back to restored local forest
A city in Osaka is planting trees to lure the endangered Ural owl back to a forest ravaged by an urban development project in the 1980s.
