Finance Minister Taro Aso is taking criticism for controversially attributing Japan’s relatively lower COVID-19 mortality rate to "the superiority of its people." “I often got phone calls from ...

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Our road trip had begun, and half an hour outside Kumamoto we reached Mount Aso, Japan's largest active volcano ... but we thought it best to admire the mountain from afar with our two young ...

A section of the Mountain Road is closed this morning due to snow and ice. The police have confirmed the route is shut from the Hairpin to the Bungalow after temperatures fell overnight.

Embassy of Japan in the Philippines Ambassador Kazuya Endo and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain inspected on Monday, January 27, 2025, the ongoing ...

Researchers in Japan have confirmed microplastics are present ... In a study published in Environmental Chemistry Letters, scientists climbed Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama to collect water from ...

30, the gates will close one hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise. JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — After years of planning, a 4.1-mile stretch of Lookout Mountain Road will close to vehicles ...

The A18 Mountain Road is shut from Ramsey and the Bungalow due to a build up of water on the Veranda. The Department of Infrastructure said t had made the carriageway "unsafe for travel", and a ...

The Mountain Road is staying closed until midday tomorrow (9 January). The Department of Infrastructure says the icy weather overnight means its gritters and snowploughs have been redeployed from ...

In the speech, Aso also said, “I don’t think a woman has ever served as Japan’s foreign minister (before Kamikawa).” Kamikawa is actually the nation’s third female foreign minister ...