Category JAPAN

Mount Fuji remained snowless as of Monday, the latest date that its majestic slopes have been bare since records began 130 years ago, the weather agency has said. The volcano’s snowcap begins forming on Oct. 2 on average, and last…

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved the Lower House of parliament on Wednesday for a general election, as he stressed the importance of winning a mandate from the public following his LDP leadership victory late last month. Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democratic…