NRA backs Tsuruga active fault finding

FUKUI Five people in their 70s to 90s from Fukui Prefecture have been chasing and collecting bees for more than half a century, contributing to the discovery of rare species. All five of the former teachers studied the life of bees under Fukui ...

TOKYO Experts judged on Wednesday that the Monju fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture is located on ground at high risk of an earthquake, setting in motion a process that will likely lead to the first permanent shutdown of a nuclear ...

Police on Wednesday said they are investigating safety problems at a theme park in Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture, after a 6-year-old boy fell from a jet coaster. The accident occurred at the Wonderland theme park at 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday. Fuji TV ...

FUKUI, Japan, April 17 (UPI) -- Japanese Director of the Agency of Natural Resources Hisayoshi Ando met with Gazprom Deputy Chairman Vitaly Markelov in Fukui, Japan. Japan relies on liquefied natural gas imports to meet its natural gas needs.

KYOTO Each spring, thousands of tourists visit the ancient capital of Kyoto to enjoy what, for many, is the quintessential Japanese experience of viewing cherry blossoms in the cradle of the nation's traditional culture. During this time, as well ...

SURANAREE, THAILAND It's a dinosaur backbone! One February morning, around 30 researchers and workers hammered away at an excavation site in the middle of sugar cane fields stretching beyond the horizon in Suranaree, about 260 km northeast of ...

7:00am BST Fukui Computer Holdings, Inc announced that it has raised its full-year consolidated outlook for revenue from JPY 7,174 million to JPY 7,570 million, operating profit from JPY 1,044 million to JPY 1,251 million, ordinary profit from JPY ...

By Natasha Brereton-Fukui GREATER NOIDA, India--Japan will work on a variety of measures to strengthen its monetary cooperation with Southeast Asia, including promoting the region's financial markets by buying government bonds, Finance Minister Taro ...

By Natasha Brereton-Fukui GREATER NOIDA, India--The impact of capital flows due to aggressive monetary easing by central banks, including Japan's, was discussed very frankly but also professionally at meetings of top Asian finance officials Friday, ...