IBARA, Okayama Prefecture--Instead of boasting of bright lights, trendy restaurants and packed tourist spots, the Bisei district here is basking in the glow of something increasingly rare: its ...

OKAYAMA--More than half of patients who visited Okayama University Hospital’s COVID-19 aftercare (CAC) outpatient clinic continued follow-up treatments for 180 days or more, a group of researchers ...

Okayama Prefecture’s claims to fame include the venerated garden Kōrakuen, the well-preserved Bitchū Matsuyama Castle, and the popular folktale Momotarō. Okayama Prefecture is in the Chūgoku region in ...

The Daigozakura stands sentry atop a hill in northwestern Okayama Prefecture. An edohigan tree, the strain famed as the largest of all the sakura, this specimen is revered by local residents, who ...

A wildfire that began over the weekend in Ehime Prefecture continued to spread Tuesday as extinguishing efforts were under way. A separate fire in Okayama Prefecture that began around the same time, ...

Wildfires that began on Sunday in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan have burned through over 900 hectares of land. In the Ehime city of Imabari, 417 hectares had been burned as of ...

Okayama Castle is seen in Okayama's Kita Ward on Oct. 31, 2022, after major renovations. (Mainichi/Yasuaki Hiramoto) OKAYAMA -- Large-scale renovations at this western Japan city's Okayama Castle had ...