Shimane

Around 460,000 people live within 30 kilometers of the plant, within Shimane and Tottori prefectures, and further approvals are needed before the unit can be restarted.

The Meteorological Agency warned of heavy rain and the risk of flooding and landslides across parts of Shimane and Tottori prefectures through Wednesday and Thursday.

The Shimane No. 2 unit is the fifth boiling water reactor in the country to clear regulatory screenings for restarting idled plants.

A survey in the Chugoku region has found an alarming lack of support from local municipalities for handing out sanitary products.

Visitors to Chugoku's 109 courses topped 370,000 in March, an eight-year high for that month

Shimane Prefecture has so far confirmed about 290 coronavirus cases, while the cumulative number of infections in Tokyo stood at 123,350 as of Tuesday.

The ceremony in Matsue has been held every Feb. 22 since 2006 after the Shimane Prefectural Government designated the day as Takeshima Day in 2005.

The remarks could create a political domino effect among other local governors worried about their own ability to respond to increased infections if the Tokyo Games go forward.

Japanese health officials have found 164 emaciated dogs crammed into a tiny house in one of the country's worst cases of animal hoarding, an animal rights activist said Wednesday. The parasite-infested animals were found in a 30 square-meter (323 sq. foot) house in the city ...

Among those found to have contracted the virus were 88 members of the soccer team at the school in Matsue, with 82 living in the same dorm.

Kagura, a form of Shinto theatrical dance, is increasingly winning the hearts of young women in Shimane Prefecture, carving out a new fan base in the traditionally male-dominated music ritual that is grappling with a shortage of successors. Dubbing themselves “kagurājo,” (kagura girls) these women ...