It wasn’t mosquito coils and a springtime fish--Katori (香取) and Sawara, the names of the awesomely picturesque area in Chiba Prefecture ... (1543-1616), one of Japan’s most significant ...

Yu Hayami discovers the unique food culture of Chiba Prefecture ... So people love their "nori." In Japan, "nori" is cultivated from Tohoku, in the north, to Kyushu in the south.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ned Watson about his experience living in a once-abandoned home, known as an akiya, in Shisui, a 20,000-person town in Japan's Chiba Prefecture.

Chiba police have arrested two men over a break-in last week at the home of an elderly woman in the city of Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, it was learned Wednesday. One of the suspects said he ...

The Chiba Lotte Marines tweeted a picture of it celebrating a victory earlier this month. Baseball is huge in Japan and the national team is currently ranked in top position in the WBSC world ...