Ritual collecting seaweed held in Japan for safety and bountiful catch
A Shinto shrine in Japan's western prefecture of Fukuoka has held a traditional ritual of collecting seaweed from the ocean and offering it before an altar to pray for navigational safety and a large ...
‘Smart’ coastal fishing making waves in Kyushu and elsewhere
Physical labor and traditional practices, long the hallmarks of coastal fishing operations in Japan, are falling by the ...
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APL and Global Compute Infra to develop two data center campuses in Japan
Kitakyushu is the northernmost city on Japan’s Kyushu Island. IDC Frontier Inc., a subsidiary of SoftBank since 2018, opened ...
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Fukuoka’s Gang Member Numbers Drop Below 1,000 for the First Time
The number of organized crime members in Fukuoka Prefecture has fallen below 1,000 for the first time since records began in ...
Family of ex-death row inmate seeks answers after Japan gov't blacks out execution docs
The family of a death row inmate who was executed while he was preparing to request a retrial has filed a civil lawsuit ...