Okayama Prefecture’s claims to fame include the venerated garden Kōrakuen, the well-preserved Bitchū Matsuyama Castle, and the popular folktale Momotarō. Okayama Prefecture is in the Chūgoku region in ...

Massive forest fires that broke out in Ehime and Okayama prefectures on March 23 continued raging on March 26, forcing widespread evacuations and threatening a power blackout.

A wildfire that began over the weekend in Ehime Prefecture continued to spread Tuesday as extinguishing efforts were under way. A separate fire in Okayama Prefecture that began around the same time, ...

Okayama Castle is seen in Okayama's Kita Ward on Oct. 31, 2022, after major renovations. (Mainichi/Yasuaki Hiramoto) OKAYAMA -- Large-scale renovations at this western Japan city's Okayama Castle had ...

The first edition of the new triennial Okayama Art Summit will launch this October under the artistic directorship of Liam Gillick. It will feature 31 contemporary artists, including Rachel Rose, Ryan ...

SETOUCHI, Okayama -- Acrylic keychains featuring swordsmiths are gaining popularity at a sword museum in this western Japan city amid a "touken" blade･･･ ...

Wildfires in Okayama and Ehime prefectures continued to rage on March 24 after evacuation orders were issued for nearly 3,000 people.

The Kojima region in Kurashiki, in what is now Okayama Prefecture, is no fresh arrival to importance in Japanese history. It gets a mention in Kojiki, the oldest surviving Japanese-language text.

The event brought together governors, mayors, and leaders to expand long-standing ties with their Hawaii counterparts.

Two separate wildfires in mountain forest areas of Okayama and Ehime prefectures that started over the weekend continued to blaze on Monday, having burned at least 370 hectares of land between them as ...