Kanagawa Prefecture

Aum Shinrikyo fugitive led sociable life on the run
Naoko Kikuchi after her arrest on June 3 (Provided by the Metropolitan Police Department)
A man in Tokyo’s Machida city often wondered what happened to the woman who lived next door. She appeared happily engaged, was amiable and polite--and then abruptly...
Single working moms support each other in joint...
Single mothers eat dinner at Parenting Home Takatsu in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 27. (Maki Hoshii)
KAWASAKI, Kanagawa Prefecture--As a single working mom, Hitomi Ishio often became frustrated at how hard it can be juggling a job while raising children.
VOX POPULI: Vast Pacific returning memories of lost ...
A parakeet named Piko went missing recently from his home in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. But Piko was reunited with his owner after he rattled off his full address after...
Strong yen forces domestic firms to expand overseas
Uyeno Transtech Ltd. is building this solar power plant on the outskirts of Manila. (Provided by Uyeno Transtech Ltd.)
YOKOHAMA--With the exchange rate hovering between 75 to 80 yen to a dollar, an increasing number of companies such as Nihon Shinkan Co., an aluminum processor, have no choice...
14.4-meter-high tsunami liable to strike Kamakura...
Tsurugaoka-Hachimangu shrine, foreground center, in Kamakura city, Kanagawa Prefecture, is located about 2 kilometers from the coastline. (Eiji Hori)
YOKOHAMA--The historic coastal city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture faces the prospect of being wiped out by tsunami at some point.
Fujiko F. Fujio's museum to open in Kawasaki in...
A statue of the dinosaur character Pisuke with Doraemon and another main character Nobita on his back at the Fujiko F Fujio Museum in Tama Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture on August 22. The 5-meter-tall statue was built outside of the museum. (Yasuo Kojima)
A museum for works by the late Fujiko F. Fujio, the cartoonist who created the hugely popular Doraemon anime, will open Sept. 3 in a city close to Tokyo.
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