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More than 60 percent of municipalities in the northeastern prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi do not plan to relocate their city or town halls despite being designated as areas at risk of flooding in the event of a large-scale tsunami, a Kyodo News survey shows.

By Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporterThe Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Japan is holding an exhibition promoting Taiwanese manga.

Ever wish you could have one more conversation with your loved one? What would tell them? Nashville now has a wind telephone thanks to a family who knows what it feels like to also suffer from loss.

Ever wish you could have one more conversation with your loved one? What would tell them? Nashville now has a wind telephone thanks to a family who knows what it feels like to also suffer from loss.

A "wind phone" located behind L'Orée du Bois restaurant in Chelsea, Que., was opened to the public last month to help people process their grief through speaking into an unconnected phone, an idea that originated in Japan.

ORANGE — Twenty-four years ago, a group of friends had the idea to celebrate the garlic planting season, while also filling the need for a venue to sell both garlic and art projects. Since then, the resulting event, the North Quabbin Garlic and Arts...

ORANGE — Twenty-four years ago, a group of friends had the idea to celebrate the garlic planting season, while also filling the need for a venue to sell both garlic and art projects. Since then, the resulting event, the North Quabbin Garlic and Arts...

A visitor wearing a protective face mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), looks at cherry blossoms at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo, Japan, March 15, 2020.Blue flowers and ribbons are tied to the trees outside the Lif

Congress, the Administration, and the Department of Defense should act promptly to fill these critical gaps in CBRNE event response.

OTSUCHI, Iwate -- A beach in this northeastern Japan town that was destroyed by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami opened to beachgoers