KATSUURA, Chiba Prefecture ... is celebrated across Japan on March 3. The big event is called the Katsuura Big Doll Festival, with about 7,000 dolls displayed around the city.

A relatively strong earthquake with an epicenter off the east coast of Chiba Prefecture ... and Saitama city, and 3 in Yokohama and parts of Tokyo’s 23 wards, according to the Japan ...

(Kyodo) CHONGQING, China (Kyodo) -- Japan's Shun Sato won the men's competition at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating's Cup of China on Saturday, and compatriot Mone Chiba was second among the ...