FUKUI--Japan’s first driverless public transit service has been suspended after its first accident on Oct. 29 in Fukui Prefecture, setting back the country’s push for autonomous transportation. A self ...

An extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line connecting Kanazawa and Tsuruga in central Japan opened March 16, bringing ...

Japan is launching a new high-speed bullet train, or shinkansen, extension on Saturday that will make an under-the-radar prefecture far more accessible to travelers. The coastal Fukui Prefecture is ...

Japan's first university department dedicated to dinosaur research opened last month in a prefecture known for major dinosaur fossil discoveries. The Faculty of Dinosaur Paleontology at Fukui ...

Japan is not a country where beauty is overlooked. Many know to visit Tokyo and Osaka for high-rise city ventures. But, much like fossils and treasure, there is more beauty to be uncovered when you ...

The city of Sabae in Fukui Prefecture has been the site of eyeglass frame production for more than a century, and is the only major production site in Japan to have survived to the present day. In the ...

Fukui Prefecture has just released a new multilingual leaflet available in English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese, making it easier than ever for people living in Japan and tourists to ...

From Detroit to Tokyo, automakers are banking on lithium-ion batteries to power the next generation of hybrid and electric vehicles, starting as early as next year. But Honda President Takeo Fukui ...

The English webpage revealed that the company appointed Dragonite as the ambassador of Fukui due to the prefecture’s ties with dinosaurs and dragons. The Fukui Prefecture hosts a large dinosaur museum ...