KOBE If every cloud has a silver lining, that was never more true than for a used goods store here that is part of a nationwide chain dealing with customers who have fallen on hard times.
NAGANO Hand-copied versions of part of “Bansenshukai,” one of the three major ninjutsu (ninja art) strategy books, were recently discovered at the Sanada Treasures Museum here, leading researchers to ponder how they made it this far afield.