Shrine honors cats at a Japanese island where they outnumber humans
TASHIROJIMA, Japan (AP) — On a small island off Japan’s northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats.
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TASHIROJIMA, Japan (AP) — On a small island off Japan’s northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats.
“To already see 27 degrees (80.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in April is very worrying, and there will certainly be an impact on human health.”
SENDAI, Japan -- Japanese chipmaking equipment manufacturer Tokyo Electron is making big capital investments in Japan's northeast, a region once known as the "Silicon Road," as the company works to hone mass-production technology several generations away.
The warning comes a day after nearly 800 vehicles were trapped for hours on a highway in central Japan.
TOKYO (AP) — Weather officials in Japan predicted more heavy snow Thursday, a day after nearly 800 vehicles were trapped for hours on an expressway in central Japan.