TSURUGA, Fukui Prefecture--Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who served as vice consul in Kaunas, Lithuania, during World War II, is deservedly known as the “Japanese Schindler.” But what about ...

TSURUGA, Fukui Prefecture--Local residents and railway enthusiasts were excited to see the first bullet train travel through the prefecture in a test run on the newly extended Hokuriku Shinkansen Line ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The No. 2 reactor building of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant is seen in Tsuruga, Fukui prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast on ...

OSAKA – Officials in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, attempting to promote their city as a tourist destination, received a rude shock recently when a survey showed its image was less one of natural beauty ...

Tsuruga, a beautiful port city sitting on the southern shores of Fukui Prefecture, may not be famous with tourists, but there’s no shortage of things to do or stories to share. While exploring inland, ...

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has officially ruled that unit 2 of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture cannot be restarted as it does not comply with regulatory safety standards.

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority looks set to rule that unit 2 of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture does not comply with regulatory safety standards after a review team concluded ...

A copy of the "letter of opinion on dry storage of spent nuclear fuel" prepared by the district mayors' association of the Nishiura district in the city of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, is seen in this ...

Japan’s first commercial light-water nuclear reactor started operations in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on March 14, 1970. Fifty years later, those involved look back on the project with mixed feelings.

A 10-year-old boy suffered serious injuries to his right hand after he was bitten by a dolphin while swimming at a beach in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Saturday. The incident is the latest in a ...

TSURUGA, Fukui -- Over 70 percent of those arrested or reported to prosecutors on suspicion of poaching shellfish in Fukui Prefecture between January and August were from other prefectures, the local ...