MATSUDO, Chiba Prefecture A woman believed to be a foreign national was killed in a vicious beating in the premises of a house here on Nov. 9, and police are searching for two young men who fled the scene.
OTAKI, Chiba Prefecture A local railway is offering tourists a ride providing picturesque views of the charming countryside dotted with cherry blossom trees and fields of mustard flowers.
MATSUDO, Chiba Prefecture A former sumo wrestler who claimed that he was forced to choose between unsafe conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic and retirement is demanding 4.15 million yen ($30,450) in compensation from the sport s governing body.
MINAMIBOSO, Chiba Prefecture A colorful patchwork quilt of flowers could be enjoyed from high in the sky above a swath of different varieties in full bloom here on Feb. 22.
MATSUDO, Chiba Prefecture A second-generation Japanese-American painter recently self-published a Japanese edition of her memoir about living in wartime internment camps as a child in the United States.