Tomikazu Fukuda has been re-elected to a fourth term as governor of Tochigi Prefecture, defeating a newcomer supported by the Japanese Communist Party. Fukuda, 63, backed by Komeito and the local chapter of the Liberal Democratic Party, won Sunday's race with support from commerce and ...
In a controversial decision, the Utsunomiya District Court sentences a man to life for killing a Tochigi girl after judging the case solely on confessions rather than physical evidence.
The Utsunomiya District Court on Friday accepted as evidence interrogation records showing a man admitting to the murder of a 7-year-old girl in Tochigi Prefecture in 2005, despite the fact he made a not-guilty plea and said the confession was coerced. The credibility of the ...
Our arrival at Yunishigawa-Onsen Station in Tochigi Prefecture is more than a little disconcerting. The two-carriage train, which until now has been chugging determinedly through an increasingly snowy landscape, pulls to a halt in the middle of a tunnel. The doors slide open to reveal ...
A body found in a cardboard box on a roadside in Tochigi Prefecture was that of a 16-year-old girl from Saitama Prefecture who went missing nearly two years ago, police said Monday. The family of Kana Shiratsu filed a request with the Saitama Prefectural Police ...
It's always good to know something about the ground under your feet when you visit a new destination. Geology, in a very real sense, is the foundation of the former renown and wealth of Oya-machi, a town with the dimensions of a village in Tochigi ...
As counterculture groups around the world celebrate annual April 20 marijuana festivals, we examine the country's historical and cultural links to the much-maligned weed.
Growing up with severe asthma, Australian Euan Craig was acutely aware of the fragility of life from an early age. His older sister inexplicably collapsed and was diagnosed with brain damage at the age of 12. "I was only 8 when she first got sick," explains ...
