In Chiba, a quiet revival is taking shape, where creatives are reimagining Japan’s forgotten kominka — traditional folk homes — inviting people to slow down, reconnect with the land and question what ...

The Force was with many Japanese, as well as visitors from abroad, at a "Star Wars" event where Lucasfilm announced that the ...

One of the most anticipated trading card game releases of the year is Magic: The Gathering's crossover with the Final Fantasy ...

FUTTSU, Chiba Prefecture--Fights to the death still occur in this city close to Tokyo although the combatants are spiders. Spider fighting originated in feudal times, and now it has been inscribed ...

CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 47-year-old man ​​in Asahi City for abandoning a body believed to be ...

Early on Oct. 16, robbers broke into a home in Shiroi, Chiba Prefecture, assaulted a woman in her 70s and her daughter in her 40s, and stole about 200,000 yen ($1,300), police said. The victims ...

A Star Wars supporter poses for a photo during a fan convention called the Star Wars Celebration Japan in Chiba, near Tokyo, ...

TOKYO, April 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Maruzen Petrochemical, a unit of Cosmo Energy Holdings (5021.T), opens new tab, will shut its ethylene unit in Chiba in the 2026/27 financial year and ...